On May 21, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Peter Michaux wrote: > Alex, > > That is not what I wrote at all because I didn't write the "it could be > better".
It could be shorter. > The analogy that Nathan was making does not apply to JavaScript. He > wrote that C# delegates were not popular in C# 2.0. Functions are > already popular in JavaScript. Because there's no alternative. C# had alternatives including classes. Saying JS has function expressions that are wildly popular is jumping to a conclusion. JS is "popular" in that it's the only built-in browser language, but let's say it is popular on its own these days (NodeJS, e.g.). It still does not follow that function expressions are popular enough that shorter syntax would not make the language more usable for enough developers that shorter syntax is worth adding. /be > > Peter > > > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Alex Russell <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm sorry, this this argument is entirely circular: >> >> - we have something that works >> - it could be better >> - but it works, so we don't need anything better >> >> ? >> >> On May 21, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Peter Michaux wrote: >> >>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Nathan Stott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Having worked a lot with C#, my experience was that very very few >>>> people used the C# 2.0 delegate syntax and now a large portion of the >>>> community learned and uses the C# 3.0 syntax. Syntax matters. >>> >>> JavaScript functions have not suffered neglect due to the length of >>> their syntax. Function expressions are already wildly popular in >>> JavaScript. So this C# data does not really support the necessity for >>> change in JavaScript. >> >> -- >> Alex Russell >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] BE03 E88D EABB 2116 CC49 8259 CF78 E242 59C3 9723 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
