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My point is that you do not need Babel if you plan to target modern browsers anyway.

• Touche 9y ago
  Many ES6 features are slower than their ES5 counterparts currently. let, const are slower than var, for example.
  • PrimHelios 9y ago
    Huh. What's the reason for that?
  • tomatsu 9y ago
    > let, const are slower than var, for example. They aren't slower anymore in V8. Most ES6 features are now about as fast as their ES5 counterparts.
  • pizlonator 9y ago
    That hasn't been true in WebKit for a while.