+1 > On Jul 17, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Isiah Meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've noticed lately that a lot of heavy syntax proposals [1] [2] [3] > have lately started appearing here that would only appeal to a small > niche audience (and not likely garner general use), and are more like > a "it'd be nice if we could write this instead" without much other > benefit. I would like to note that JavaScript is already starting to > feel a bit large, and we should definitely take greater care on > realizing the added complexity of new language features, applying a > much higher bar than this. [4] > > (If you really want features like those, check out Sweet.js, or maybe > write an Acorn plugin or a Babylon/Esprima fork.) > > [1]: https://esdiscuss.org/topic/functional-operators > [2]: https://esdiscuss.org/topic/quoted-map-keys-was-re-json5 > [3]: https://esdiscuss.org/topic/a-twist-on-functional-operatorsr > [4]: > https://esdiscuss.org/topic/the-tragedy-of-the-common-lisp-or-why-large-languages-explode-was-revive-let-blocks > > ----- > > Isiah Meadows > [email protected] > > Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? > Send me an email and we can get started. > www.isiahmeadows.com > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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