Shifting from C to TypeScript: Developer Benefits

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The reason why we migrated from C to TypeScript in #29.

Why C?

Why we choose C in the first place.

• Efficient Memory Management: C allowed us to manage memory by ourselves this allowed us to have Precision in memory control.
• Compilation and Stability : C being a compiled programming language allowed us to build and distrubute interpreter's binaries easly
• Other points:
  • Low Level
  • Availability of resources

Why TypeScript Now?

Why are we going to use TypeScript now?

• Growing Community Engagement : This is the main point. Growing Community! As we all know, open source is pushed by collaborators and having Kin written in C didn't favor us since many collaborators we expect are those from Rwanda and C is not known by the majority of the developers.
• Compatibility with Web Online Editors : Since the only editor we'll have for Kin will be web-based, TypeScript fits perfectly. There will be no build problems with it hence it's in our favor
• Other reasons:
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Support

This shift aims to embrace a wider community, streamline development with OOP support, and enhance collaboration with web-based tools.