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Yeah, I share the linked author's opinion of ES6 -- it's good stuff, but it's also a dangerous direction. Part of me thinks that maybe what's needed is an upda

Yeah, I share the linked author's opinion of ES6 -- it's good stuff, but it's also a dangerous direction. Part of me thinks that maybe what's needed is an updated version of "use strict" -- "use es6" or whatever -- that would let you use the new features, but also prevent you from using some deprecated features, to keep the surface of the language somewhat smaller even as new stuff gets added.

fithisux 11y ago
For many years I was fiercely against ES. With ES6 I start to change. Your suggestion make sense and I applaud it. Something like "use strict es6" would make our lives easier. Backwards incompatibility here has a goal.
dangoor 11y ago
That was seriously considered some years back and thrown out as likely to cause poor adoption and poor intermingling of language features. http://www.2ality.com/2014/12/one-javascript.html http://www.2ality.com/2014/12/one-javascript.html