ECMAScript 4.0 Is Dead

TopSpin writes "Brendan Eich, creator of the JavaScript programming language, has announced that ECMA Technical Committee 39 has abandoned the proposed ECMAScript 4.0 language specification in favor of a more limited specification dubbed 'Harmony,' or ECMAScript 3.1. A split has existed among the members of this committee, including Adobe and Microsoft, regarding the future of what most of us know as JavaScript. Adobe had been promulgating their ActionScript 3 language as the next ECMAScript 4.0 proposal. As some point out, the split that has prevented this may be the result of Microsoft's interests. What does the future hold for Mozilla's Tamarin Project, based on Adobe's open source ActionScript virtual machine?"

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Re:Can I just point out

[Locutus]

exactly what Microsoft is doing its best work to cause. Javascript and all the tech in AJAX which allows application-like browser-neutral pages is a massive threat to Microsoft's income.

I don't know what Microsoft had to do with this but their position on any industry committee is purely to find ways to either stall the project or make sure they have ways to dilute it on Windows. They have no other reason or purpose. IMO.

LoB