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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by bjornjajeja on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:30PM (#27121696)
You might call it a tanspiler and technically it IS. But the Babel homepage calls it a compiler.

In any case, for the plethora of down voters: Babel states: “Use next generation JavaScript, today”

At some point next gen == current gen, and therefor given enough stability, Babel becomes obsolete.

Folks, donate to Mozilla instead they actually move things forward not backward.

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by rat9988 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @03:05PM (#27122134)
This assumes that javascript has stopped evolving at some point.
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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by bjornjajeja on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @03:25PM (#27122354)
Actually, it assumes only that evolution of new features slows down. Once things are _slow enough_ the value of an extra dependency is dramatically reduced.
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