Future Version of JavaScript

[Andy Maleh]

I recently checked out the overview document of the future version of
JavaScript (EcmaScript 4):
http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf

So far, I love it. It seems to offer the best of all worlds: OO
programming, functional programming, dynamic typing, static typing,
operator overloading, and lots more.

I have a feeling EcmaScript 4 will become a very strong competitor to
Ruby when it's out as it is similarly dynamic, object-oriented, and
solid enough to be used on the server, encouraging developers to use
one powerful language on both clients and servers.

It will be a while before that is the case of course as it will
probably take some time before all browsers adopt it, but I still see
a lot of potential and future in the language.

Thanks again Fred for the JavaScript presentation you gave in the last
Polyglot meeting. It definitely sparked my interest in the language.

[Frederick Polgardy]

Thanks for posting the spec Andy.  Back in December, John Resig (the author of jQuery, and a first-class JavaScript ninja), posted a "State of ECMAScript 4," where he links to the RI and a number of other projects that have implemented, or partially implemented it.

Oh yeah, and the RI is written in *drum roll please* ...

ML.

http://ejohn.org/blog/state-of-ecmascript-4-dec-07/

Enjoy,
-Fred

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Andy Maleh <andy.am@gmail.com> wrote:

I recently checked out the overview document of the future version of
JavaScript (EcmaScript 4):
http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf

--
Science answers questions; philosophy questions answers.

[James Tucker]

On 20 May 2008, at 04:27, Frederick Polgardy wrote:

Thanks for posting the spec Andy. 

Yes, second that :-)

Back in December, John Resig (the author of jQuery, and a first-class JavaScript ninja), posted a "State of ECMAScript 4," where he links to the RI and a number of other projects that have implemented, or partially implemented it.

Interesting.

Oh yeah, and the RI is written in *drum roll please* ...

ML.

http://ejohn.org/blog/state-of-ecmascript-4-dec-07/

I think the language would expand much faster if there was a more usable standalone implementation. I've used the mozilla implementations for a few small things, mostly in stab testing, learning and testing. It would be nice to see the platform come available to more general purpose development.

Has anyone on the list have any experiences using the language for general purpose development? I know that Steve Yegge did his rails thing in some ECMA engine, but I do not know which one.