This is pretty cool. This project has a long way to go before it's mature, but as someone who uses Typescript every day professionally, the promise of the ease and safety of Typescript coupled with the speed of C++ is really compelling.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/static-...
Microsoft MakeCode: from C++ to TypeScript and Blockly (and Back)
> ... The current focus of the Bosque project is core language design. As a result there is no support for packaging, deployment, lifecycle management, etc. ...
So there is nothing solid there yet and thus significant risk that like many other languages this offering will suffer metastasis, bloat, and conflicts as it grows to be useful for solving real problems.
npm has spoiled me, so I doubt I'll ever try to use a language in anything other than a hobby capacity without a very good package manager and corresponding community of functionality.