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by m12k 26 days ago
The typescript team themselves rewrote the compiler in Go to get better use of coding agents.
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hoten 26 days ago
They started that migration years ago. I don't remember them citing agentic coding as a reason. Do you have a source?
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lexoj 26 days ago
Not sure about the compiler but prominent users of llm agents (Mitchel Hashimoto, Armin Ronacher etc) has mentioned that Go gives better results for agentic coding.
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franz899 26 days ago
They did it for speed, and Go was the language with the closest syntax to migrate to.
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