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0 pointswdb4y ago0 comments

I always thought it was because of ActionScript 3

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You mean ES4, the revenge ;)

Proxies and classes were definitely salvaged from ES4/ActionScript/Jscript.net.

We wouldn't be needing Typescript, had ES4 been adopted (ironically Microsoft was against it, because Silverlight...).

Someone definitely needs to write a book about the whole saga.

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0 pointswdb4y ago0 comments

I always thought it was because of ActionScript 3

You mean ES4, the revenge ;)

Proxies and classes were definitely salvaged from ES4/ActionScript/Jscript.net.

We wouldn't be needing Typescript, had ES4 been adopted (ironically Microsoft was against it, because Silverlight...).

Someone definitely needs to write a book about the whole saga.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse