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They decided on the "ECMAScript YYYY" naming format a while before the 2015 spec was finalized. Many people in the community continued to call things ES6 and ES
by rimunroe 10y ago
They decided on the "ECMAScript YYYY" naming format a while before the 2015 spec was finalized. Many people in the community continued to call things ES6 and ES7, but those aren't the official names.
- jsingleton 10y agoI guess it's just a lot easier to type (and even say). For example, the current discussion on TypeScript: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11920451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11920451 At least they didn't use 5 digit years. :)