Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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	Node v5.0.0 (Stable) (nodejs.org)
	33 points by dannynemer 3890 days ago

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EvanPlaice 3890 days ago

What about the important question?

Where does v5 stand in terms of ES6/7 support?

http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/

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cadecairos 3890 days ago

According to the changelog [1], the v8 version bump has provided the spread operator and new.target

1. https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v5.0.0/CHANGELOG.md

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as1ndu 3890 days ago

Now that Node is really moving fast. do you think the IO.js fork is still relevant?

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maxharris 3890 days ago

They merged back in May.

"io.js has merged with the Node.js project again.

There won't be any further separate io.js releases (except for critical security fixes). All of the features in io.js are available in Node.js v4 and above."

https://iojs.org/en/

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