Path: csiph.com!2.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn 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) Lines: 49 Message-ID: <1977239.tj4Bp4skaO@PointedEars.de> References: Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1451695107 28018 eJwFwYkRwDAIA7CVeGxzHaeQsP8IkZhyTUEUuNwM2Xq1tTiWfWrX7oD4bQbqTyc7JhJ+g3wZgBDm (2 Jan 2016 00:38:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 00:38:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwFwQEBwCAMAzBLg3Ytl8OA+ZfwJKGhYyrF7GzXugdy+ZFFi4H8PqkrsWdivle3I8Za4NhX7aCqe8vz4Ac/LRUM Cancel-Lock: sha1:jjDi14g0nnATOali7QgwPzX0SUc= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwNycEBgDAIA8CVDJBQ1inC/iPofY8uqDNEBZfbz60KSs5XY8AGUipY0bN8Cu3n/r02x/oD+HAPyw== Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:29097 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: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.