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by BigChiefSmokem 4184 days ago
Instead of creating yet-another-library, yet-another-framework or superset (TypeSscript, etc.) of it we should try to fix JavaScript itself. Why companies don't push for this even if it's in all their best interests is beyond me.
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They are. That's what ES6, a major focus of TFA, is.
They are not fixing JS, they are extending it. That's a different thing. Because backwards-compatibility.