An anecdote when talking about programming langauges. I once sumbmitted to talk to a local conference with this in the description “there are thing TypeScript can do that JavaScript cannot”. The feedback I received had a question, “isn’t this a bit hyperbolic considering turing completeness?” To me that’s like one saying chess is more complex than tic tac toe (maybe not), and someone else goes “aren’t they all about just move pieces around anyway?”. So, to be absolutely clear, this p…