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The all-but defacto use of javascript transpilers especially invokes the image of 'Rube Goldberg' machines.

• the_other 6y ago
  When you don’t use transpilers, you have to write ES5 code. No-one wants that.
  • goatlover 6y ago
    Even in 2020? Isn't ES6 standard now across all supported browsers?
    • uryga 6y ago
      that might well be, but just recently i got a crash report and it turned out the user had some "unsupported" version of Safari... and i'd rather transpile/polyfill than be that site that asks you to upgrade your browser to use it (funnily enough, it actually parsed ES6 stuff fine, but was missing the `Object.fromEntries` method)
    • robertoandred 6y ago
      No. And "ES6" is itself a vague term. Browser support for features and syntax varies considerably and changes constantly.
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    Is ES5 really that bad that nobody can stand it?