Comment by stephen
6 hours ago
You're already using a new runtime with tsgo -- it's golang at build time -- but still running Node in prod, so the same could work here. :-)
Agreed I would not want all Typescript users forced to use /this/ runtime, but if the TS team shipped tsc as "oh now it's uses a special fast JS runtime" (just like tsgo is a different runtime) I'd love to at least have the option of using the same special fast runtime in my own still-written-in-TS apps.
Seems I've either struck or a nerve, or miscommunicated, given the insta down votes.
if there was a thingy that compiled JS to a 10mb native executable with shared heap multithreading, im sure we'd use it. however, no one has invented such a thing. until this pr.
Right! That's why I think this is an exciting development.
I assume everyone is downvoting me for "liking LLM slop", but really I just like the competition that "this is possible!"
And would love a slop/non-slop/whatever version in Node/v8. Someday!