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Re:Future JavaScript: what is still missing? by _yawn on Sunday January 27, 2019 @11:13AM (#19012228)
What we really need isn't more syntax, it's core features like threads, operator overloading, a large std library, some real form of serialization (JSON doesn't come close to counting), etc.
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Re:Future JavaScript: what is still missing? by larzang on Sunday January 27, 2019 @01:13PM (#19012914)
Or even more basic things like "a date/time implementation that isn't a horror show" or "\w that behaves like \w in every single other regex implementation out there when the unicode flag is on".
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Re:Future JavaScript: what is still missing? by Legogris on Sunday January 27, 2019 @11:47AM (#19012435)
How is operation overloading a core feature and not more syntax? I like the infix proposal better. Operation overloading has a larger degree of obfuscation.
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