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What prevents "new" JavaScript from being compiled like CS is being compiled now?
by strager 14y ago
What prevents "new" JavaScript from being compiled like CS is being compiled now?
- TrevorBurnham 14y agoThis is an excellent idea, and is the goal of a project that Google announced at JSConf 2011 with much fanfare (some of it from Brendan Eich himself), Traceur: http://code.google.com/p/traceur-compiler/ http://code.google.com/p/traceur-compiler/ However, Traceur has gained little traction. With the announcement of Dart, it's clear that Google's heart isn't really into the project. See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6506519/ecmascriptharmony-es6-to-javascript-compiler http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6506519/ecmascriptharmony...
- Raynos 14y agoWhy don't we spend effort on building an ES:Harmony -> ES3 compiler rather then a CoffeeScript -> ES3 compiler. It's more worthwhile future facing project.