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by throw_m239339 1608 days ago
You mean ES4, the revenge ;)

Proxies and classes were definitely salvaged from ES4/ActionScript/Jscript.net.

We wouldn't be needing Typescript, had ES4 been adopted (ironically Microsoft was against it, because Silverlight...).

Someone definitely needs to write a book about the whole saga.