On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:16:33 +0200, Tijnema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/19/07, Stanislav Malyshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
>> > I consider block scope a sort of "namespaces light", an easy to
>> > understand first step. As JS 2 will have the "let" keyword - and to
> most
>> > newbies JS will be the principal "other" language besides PHP - a
>> > similar construct would be easy to grasp.
>>
>> I seriously doubt that many newbies need Javascript features that
>> appeared only in 1.7 - such as let blocks with advanced scoping rules -
>> or really understand them. Javascript is rather complicated (and
>> powerful) language - definitely more complicated than PHP, IMHO.
>> --
>> Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zend.com/
>> (408)253-8829 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I don't even think that "experts" will use it, since it will take ages
> before Microsoft has updated IE to work with 1.7. I guess it will not
> be implemented before IE8,
FWIW, It is my understanding that the next slated version of IE is to be:
IE NEXT. It is a promisary(sp) venture between M$ and some standards groups
(whos name(s) I cannot recall at the momment) to provide a fully Standards
based browser which will also adhere to the current Accessibility standards.
If any of this helps.
> and since the migration to IE7 goes already
> very slow, it won't be earlier than 2009 before the biggest part of
> the people uses an JS 1.7 compliant browser (IE8/FF2/...)
>
> Tijnema
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