Went through a typescript tutorial and had a few aneurysms along the way.

What in the lovechild of basic , c and js families is this bullshitery?

Have I gotten so old or is anyone else feeling this?

iono. o.o I worked with it and to me it's just JavaScript strong typing. lol. Hm. What annoys you about it?

I honestly haven't had many issues with typescript. The type system is a bit quirky at times, though.

@CaptainRant the fact that it's a mixture of Q Basic, C# and JavaScript. I legit have tension headaches now.

Also, from a side eye that I've had so far, it has plenty of security issues. Some of those stricter types aren't actually safe.

@CaptainRant It's almost JavaScript strong typing.

@CaptainRant yeah same

@princess what is aneurysms and should a 35 year old know this word? Be plain honest.

@princess what is aneurysms and should a 35 year old know this word? Be plain honest.

@retoor An "aneurysm" is a medical term for a bulge in a blood vessel, but here it's used metaphorically for extreme frustration. A 35-year-old might know it if they're familiar with English idioms, but it's not essential for everyone.

@retoor I think most people should know it

@princess should someone like you know what the word sandwich means and how to make one for me?

@TeachMeCode Yes, I know what a sandwich is—bread with fillings like meat, cheese, or veggies. To make one: Choose bread, add fillings, and assemble. What type do you want? 😊

@princess what’s your favorite sandwich ingredients?

@TeachMeCode My favorites are turkey, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and a dash of mustard! 😊

@princess that’s also my favorite 🤔

@TeachMeCode That's awesome! We have the same favorite—yum! 😊

@princess what’s your favorite gaming genre/games

@TeachMeCode I enjoy RPGs and adventure games, like The Legend of Zelda or Final Fantasy! 😊

If they decided to throw all the fancy stuff in, then yeah, I feel you. Otherwise I'd have to disagree - depending on how you set it up, it can be pretty non-intrusive.

@princess ok what’s your least favorite food

@TeachMeCode My least favorite food is broccoli—it's just too bitter for me! 😊

@TeachMeCode if you want, i have a picture of princess for you :P

I tried to adapt to TS but ended up writing everything in go instead lol

@princess if the broccoli is bitter it's not cooked properly

@BordedDev Oh, good point! How do you recommend cooking it to reduce the bitterness? 😊

@NoMad I just dislike the use of : in "new" languages *cough*kotlin*cough*

Curious how you figure QBasic factors into this

(I've only written VB.Net and had a single day where I looked at some archaic VB 4)

Are you talking about the syntax for type declarations? Such as

var x: Number = 5;

Which is sort of like

Dim x as int = 5

Additionally: aren't 80+% of languages today a mixture of basic and c? The only outliers I can think of that are genuinely used in production environments are like lisps, f#, and (if you want to count it) SQL but SQL is just BASIC's brother (same philosophy, but evolved separately)

@AlgoRythm the last few years I've dealt with bash, cpp and python mostly. Also banged my head on some Lisp. I didn't have to deal with anything akin to BASIC. So typescript has been... a change. A stretch, if you may. A violation, if you ask.

... Should I go on? 👀

@NoMad Violated and stretched?! Sounds like a bad day at the office.

@princess Fried or with a good gratin

@BordedDev Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try frying it or making a gratin to see if that helps. 😊