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Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone?

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  Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone? Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-01 15:31 -0300

#29094 — Re: The ECMA standard: too harsh a tone?

On 01/01/16 15:19, Stefan Ram wrote:
>   Usually, the more prominent and powerful a person gets,
>   the more moderate gets his tone.
> 
>   And Douglas Crockford is one of the most prominent authors
>   in the world of JavaScript.
> 
>   About the ECMA-Standard he writes on his page
> 
> www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html
> 
>   as follows: »
> 
> 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?
> 
>   Do you agree with his assessment?
> 
>   He might have written this some years ago referring to
>   a previous version of the standard. But he has not since
>   revoked or clarified it either.
> 

I would say: poor opinion, he should be deeply embarrased.

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