February 1, 2026
Make Anders Cook (One Last Language)
The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg | GitHub
Fans beg Anders for a simple, safe language as Microsoft drama and a Go speed boost spark debate
TLDR: Anders Hejlsberg’s interview revealed TypeScript’s compiler is being ported to Go for a big speed boost. Comments lit up: some want Anders to build a simpler, safer “Rust-but-easy” language, others cheer TypeScript’s practicality, while skeptics say Microsoft is steering it toward C#—a reminder that tech and corporate strategy are inseparable.
Legendary language designer Anders Hejlsberg sat down for a wide-ranging GitHub interview and casually dropped a bomb: the TypeScript team is porting its compiler to Go for a claimed 10x speed boost. The comments didn’t just clap — they started a petition for Anders to make one last language. User andrewstuart begged for “Rust without the crazy town complexity,” a super simple, memory-safe language that strips features instead of adding them. Meanwhile, everyday builders like socalgal2 swooned over TypeScript’s auto type magic: “It infers types,” which reads like software that guesses the shape of your data for you.
Then came the corporate conspiracy plot twist. Rixtox argued Microsoft is steering TypeScript to look like C#, the company’s homegrown language, to make its ecosystem flow smoother. Others loved the inside baseball: pdevr recapped the maze of Microsoft politics, from early open-source wins to the long trek toward GitHub. And the history police showed up — m132 wondered why old efforts like ECMAScript 4 (the official JavaScript standard’s ambitious revamp) and ActionScript weren’t mentioned, claiming TS echoes those earlier dreams. Meme of the day: “Make Anders cook.” Joke of the week: “TypeScript to Go? Guess it’s… going places.”
Key Points
- •Anders Hejlsberg is interviewed about the history of C# and TypeScript and his 40-year career.
- •He discusses the early days of open source at Microsoft.
- •The interview covers the decision to move TypeScript to GitHub.
- •Hejlsberg states the team decided to port the TypeScript compiler to Go.
- •The port aims at a “10x perfor…” improvement (specific metric truncated in the excerpt).