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  • JakenVeina@midwest.social
    10·
    16 hours ago

    Not to short-circuit the joke, but in this case, it’s because the valid JavaScript version is…

    let a

    …and one of TypeScript’s main design goals is to be a superset of JavaScript, that only adds syntax, and doesn’t re-write it.

    Beyond that, it’s probably a case of some new language just using what the designer is familiar with.