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fpgaminer on July 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why We Chose Typescript

> And I really don't like how all the cool new languages lack significant whitespace.

Significant whitespace is redundant in the face of auto formatters. The latter are becoming more popular, and rightfully so.

bayesian_horse on July 1, 2017 [–]

Auto formatters still make you look at the braces... and typescript needs a lot of those. It's not just about formatting...

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