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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by astrodust on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:38AM (#12477665)
You can transpile to ES5 if you've got compatibility issues. Not really a problem.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by aredherring on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @05:25AM (#12495202)
Transpiling usually concerns syntax. Babel won't transpile .endsWith to a polyfill for you, hence the existence of that package
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