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The functional programming community loves it, especially with the introduction of ES6.

• erikpukinskis 8y ago
  ES6 is the worst thing that ever happened to JavaScript. JavaScript's one best attribute was that it would run on any device. No longer true. It's second best attribute was a simple threading model. Promises and async wrecked that. The third best attribute was it was easy to learn. But in ES6 there are twice as many control structures to learn, with no added power. =>, class, const, etc. They just add more things to think about, without solving any problems. Well, except that people didn't like learning closures and prototypes. And now they don't have to. So you can program in JavaScript now without learning it if you want. And you don't have to write the word "function" and "this" a lot. So you save 2% on code size. ES5 Forever.
  • jacob019 8y ago
    Love it or hate it ES6 is here to stay. I for one love it.
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    • flavio81 8y ago
      Still no integers, no strict typing, no sane module system.
      • jacob019 8y ago
        ES6 imports works well. I've been working on a project that uses them extensively and it's really improved the organization and structure.