by tegeek 3 days ago
A good effort, but i failed to see any use case why someone will select Lumina over TypeScript. Infact Lumina itself is written in TypeScript.
Surely the ability to compile your WASM is a pretty big benefit over TypeScript, if it’s something you need.
AssemblyScript exists.
AssemblyScript seems to be seriously languishing these days, and the team has falling-outs with a lot of the Wasm ecosystem.
Which I actually agree with, as the Wasm ecosystem is trying to be yet another UNCOL outside the browser, bringing CORBA back while pretending it is some great new idea.
Sure. It isn’t TypeScript though.
C subset + compiler extensions for some embedded systems isn't proper C, and people still call it C, given how close enough it is.
I'd also steer clear of any language using TypeScript for the compiler itself, even TypeScript themselves don't want to use TypeScript anymore for the compiler, don't make the same mistake yourself.