[mattdesl]

> You could technically use some FPLang-to-JS compiler, but those suck more often than not.

Features like the function bind syntax are only possible with Babel or another transpiler. It will likely be years before you can use them practically without a transpiler in the browser.

A lot of the new syntax/macros/APIs/etc should just be built as modules or Babel plugins rather than core language features. Just because [Syntax X] improves a couple of code snippets doesn't mean it needs to be shipped with the next version of JavaScript.

[jdmichal]

> A lot of the new syntax/macros/APIs/etc should just be built as modules or Babel plugins rather than core language features.

I like this idea a lot. Mostly because it would keep JavaScript from becoming the huge syntactical and idiomatic minefield that modern C++ is.