It took a few years, but the @WHATWG JavaScript Standard has finally accomplished its goal! https://blog.whatwg.org/javascript
Well, the only reason it (still) exists is because Web content relies on it. `String.prototype.slice` is good enough. +@WHATWG
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OK I ask b/c unlike escape/unescape MDN had no mention of deprecation. I just added the 'deprecated' word on the MDN page.
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In practice it doesn’t _really_ matter, though; `substr` is available even in non-browser environments.
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