TypeScript 7.0 Beta (built on Go)

subset 29 points 1 comment April 22, 2026
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nojvek

I wonder why TS folks chose golang and not rust. I know esbuild is golang and v fast. But newer tooling like bun is in Zig and Rolldown in rust. Rust is making a bigger share of perf critical tooling. Not sure if they’ve written a blog. Would love to read.

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