[robinson_k]

> Java had its Sun, Python had BDFL Guido, JS has no such thing.

For JavaScript the TC39 is responsible for its improvement and standardisation. Thats were ES6 was developed. ES2016 aka ES6 took a fair amount of time, but the TC39 switched to "rolling releases". ES2017 aka ES 7 is already in the works and is going to be released 2017.

https://github.com/tc39

[shawndellysse]

Actually, ES2015=ES6, ES2016=ES7, which was released earlier this year. Most people mess that up due to the combination of unfortunate naming and the fact that ES7 wasn't nearly as big of a jump as ES6 was.