LOL at the idea that once ES2016 support is in browsers, transpilers will go away and people will stop using unofficial language features.
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@raganwald: making sure new features are deltas on std stuff -- not an alternative universe -- will be a community challenge, but hopeful -
@slightlylate It also frees up engine developers to think about un-transpilable semantics, like full Tail-Call Elimination.
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@raganwald: there's a real output quality question looming, though: will transpilers (& users) output ES'16 code when runtimes support? -
@slightlylate If we have good source code mapping support… That becomes an optimization concern :-) - 3 more replies
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@slightlylate Absolutely: It’s exactly the lean development principle, but for a programming ecosystem.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@raganwald: I've observed strong pressure on transpilers to minimise delta & deprecate unsuccessful experiments; see TS & class syntaxThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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