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by cutler 2204 days ago
Why? ES6 has been widely supported for quite some time now.
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dragonwriter 2204 days ago
> ES6 has been widely supported for quite some time now.

ES6/2015, sure; ES2021, though...

For the latest useful JS features, you need a compiler, whether it's TypeScript or Babel or...

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jamesgeck0 2204 days ago
If you target browsers that are installed by default on operating systems that are still receiving security updates, you have to support Windows 8.1 and thus IE 11 for another two and a half years, alas.
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rictic 2204 days ago
IE11, unfortunately, isn't _quite_ dead yet, and ES6 is definitely not the last word in useful JS language features.
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