Sure workers too, but it doesn't in server side and it doesn't mean anything meaningful for all developers coming from other languages. `self` is a misleading word and in ES6 specs we have mentioned global object and never a single word for the `self` keyword, or its meaning.
`global` does not need that kind of explanation you put down for historical purpose, `global` is well known meaning for everyone in JS world, including members in this ML that would refer to the global scope, and the global object, regardless they mean sometimes `realm` ... or isn't it? On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:38 PM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.org> wrote: > The principle extends just fine to workers, and has. > > /be > > > Andrea Giammarchi wrote: > >> And that's indeed the only place on Web world where `self` makes sense: >> >
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