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by scandinavian 792 days ago
He's not helming javascript in any way or form or even contributing to the standard to my knowledge.

> Stop branding not willing to take a drug that did not go through standard vaccine approval process as anti-vaxx.

That's not why he's anti-vax, I never said that.

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> He's not helming javascript in any way or form or even contributing to the standard to my knowledge.

Brendan may not be helming JavaScript anymore. But he was very active during critical standardization period. For example:

2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUtsgUrF-ec

2011: https://brendaneich.com/2011/08/my-txjs-talk-twitter-remix/

2012: https://brendaneich.com/2012/10/harmony-of-dreams-come-true/

Also note that Asm.js (2013 precursor to WebAssembly) was developed during his term at Mozilla.