Ron Buckton laid off from Microsoft

(twitter.com)

14 points | by latchkey 7 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • rixtox 39 minutes ago ago

    I remember arguing with Ron on the TC39 disposable proposal that I think Go's `defer` is a better pattern than C#'s `using`, and he tried to convince me the otherwise.

    I was surprised to see they choose Go instead of C# for the TypeScript compiler port. Microsoft has been trying to make ECMAScript look more similar to C#, and their Windows Universal SDK has made a lot of efforts to provide a seamless transition for developers to port their code between C# and TypeScript. And yet they still think porting TypeScript compiler to Go is easier to do than porting it to C#.

    Despite my different tech view with Ron, I appreciate and respect the great work he has done to TypeScript & ECMAScript. And I wish him the best with his next adventure.

  • toomuchtodo 6 hours ago ago
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