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Re:Node.js ES2015/ES6 support by yoshuaw on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:22AM (#11563978)
The Google v8 team discontinued work on strong mode because ES6 is 2x - 10x slower across the board. https://twitter.com/ahdinosaur/status/714999109741096960
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Re:Node.js ES2015/ES6 support by s3th on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:32AM (#11564411)
This is a case of "make it work right; then make it work fast". ES2015 performance will improve with time (we've already made 8-10x improvements on certain features) [0].

Strong mode work was stopped for a variety of nuanced reasons detailed here [1].

(Disclaimer: I'm a PM on the V8 team.)

[0]: https://twitter.com/addyosmani/status/699976753255751681 [1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/strengthen-js/ojj3TD...

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Re:Node.js ES2015/ES6 support by gjolund on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:32AM (#11564034)
I can confirm this in my own projects as well.
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