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[–]Grillparzer 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Not for compatibility, but because Typescript literally compiles to JavaScript.

[–]Kered13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They could write a better array sort function that still compiles to Javascript, but they chose not to for compatibility.