On Jun 19, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Kevin Smith wrote:
> ES needs to evolve more rapidly than once every 5-15 years. The yearly
> update plan is good, but that doesn't mean we should be rushing proposals
> (particularly complex ones) through the process in order to catch the next
> yearly release. Bake time is good. There are numerous ES6 features that are
> much better because their design had a chance to evolve over a a two or three
> year period.
>
> I think the yearly release plan encourages too much "feature racing".
It can and we are probably already seeing some signs of that. But it doesn't
have too, if we are disciplined within TC39 collectively develop the
understanding that yearly release is more about opening doors and closing them.
Regardless, I think that long term thinking is really important for TC39
participants. A language standards body is usually not the place to get
immediate solutions to immediate problems.
Allen
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