> but there's no telling what "extra" Javascript (and thus overhead) might be inserted by the Typescript compiler.
That's true, but the fact we're talking about an order of magnitude running time difference is what lead me to think it's not as easily explained as that.
> there's no point jumping to conclusions
Respectfully, I don't think I did. I put out a theory, with my reasoning, fully acknowledging where it might be wrong. As someone that doesn't use TypeScript (and I wouldn't consider myself in expert in JavaScript either), I don't feel qualified to assess the respective algorithms for those languages in the benchmarks game, so I brought the issue to a larger audience so someone else might take a look if so inclined.
> Typescript is still 2-3x slower than Node in several of the benchmarks, and the results could have been different in May 2018 when the article was written.
That doesn't really invalidate my theory, as it's possible those are also instances where it's lagging in a good submission. Given that there are several tests where it actually beats the fastest JavaScript algorthim submitted, that seems at least plausible.
That's true, but the fact we're talking about an order of magnitude running time difference is what lead me to think it's not as easily explained as that.
> there's no point jumping to conclusions
Respectfully, I don't think I did. I put out a theory, with my reasoning, fully acknowledging where it might be wrong. As someone that doesn't use TypeScript (and I wouldn't consider myself in expert in JavaScript either), I don't feel qualified to assess the respective algorithms for those languages in the benchmarks game, so I brought the issue to a larger audience so someone else might take a look if so inclined.
> Typescript is still 2-3x slower than Node in several of the benchmarks, and the results could have been different in May 2018 when the article was written.
That doesn't really invalidate my theory, as it's possible those are also instances where it's lagging in a good submission. Given that there are several tests where it actually beats the fastest JavaScript algorthim submitted, that seems at least plausible.