and contrary to what you suggest in the blog, Moment was far from a de-facto standard. there's a rich ecosystem of libraries for working with time - and it isn't the sort of thing that yearns for a rich ecosystem.

having one built-in system that *actually works* is fucking HUGE!
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bonus: rough illustration of why time, despite being a distant second on the list of language pain points, may have been addressed first

i think roughly 20-30% of devs just hate change. but static typing and TS are legit controversial.
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Where is that from? What does the red signify?

I’ve been a supporter of static typing built in. What is typescript support? Typescript support natively? Yes please
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