On Jun 19, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
This could make a big difference, out here in user land, to alleviate the pain
of waiting for simpler language features like Template Strings.
—ravi
> 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.
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