On 10/21/07, Yuh-Ruey Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I've been watching ES4 development and occasionally contributing input, > and I have noticed a somewhat disturbing trend. ES4 is getting ever more > and more complex. > > I understand ES4 is a multi-paradigm language and so must be packed with > features, but I don't think we want a repeat of the C++ template problem > (where it took nearly a decade just to get most compilers near > compliance with the C++ spec). My point is that although a significant > update to ES is needed, if it takes too long to implement a conforming > compiler/interpreter for it, the adoption of new features is going to be > slow. Heck, I wonder how willing MS would be to provide a fully (or near > enough to it) conforming interpreter for ES4 if the spec is so large. > Tamarin will be included as a plugin for IE.
> Small proposals like bug fixes and reformed with and company, or > proposals that generalize syntax to make the language more elegant are > perfectly fine by me. But we already have such huge features like > classes, generators, namespaces, type system, and now generic functions. > Perhaps we should start deferring more features to ES5? > Which features do you feel are unjustified? Can you bring a specific issue? -- Programming is a collaborative art. _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss
