TypeScript 7.0 RC arrives with Go-based compiler and 10x speed boost (opens in new tab)

Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate for TypeScript 7.0, which features a significant architectural shift from a bootstrapped codebase to one written in Go. This new foundation leverages native code speed and shared memory parallelism to deliver performance that is often ten times faster than the previous version. The update is designed to be highly compatible with existing projects, as the type-checking logic was methodically ported to ensure identical semantics to version 6.0. <a h...