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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone? |
| Date | Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:38:26 +0100 |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
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Stefan Ram wrote: > Usually, the more prominent and powerful a person gets, > the more moderate gets his tone. Cite evidence. > And Douglas Crockford is one of the most prominent authors > in the world of JavaScript. > > About the ECMA-Standard he writes on his page There is not “the ECMA-Standard”. ECMA-262 (“ECMAScript Language Specification”) is one of several standards published by Ecma International. > www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html > > as follows: » This is _not_ how one quotes a source properly, neither in Usenet nor elsewhere. > Substandard Standard« ... »extremely poor quality« ... > »ECMA and the TC39 committee should be deeply embarrassed > > «. I am sorry, but for such a prominent man, isn't this > a little bit too harsh a tone? No, it is. But also note the date when this was written. > Do you agree with his assessment? No. > He might have written this some years ago referring to > a previous version of the standard. *Might*? > But he has not since revoked or clarified it either. Like other people, Douglas Crockford has many misconceptions. Unfortunately, many of his lie within his favorite topic. -- PointedEars FAQ: <http://PointedEars.de/faq> | SVN: <http://PointedEars.de/wsvn/> Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix> Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
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Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-02 01:38 +0100 Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 09:23 -0800
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