Brendan Eich Explains ECMAScript 3.1 To Developers

VonGuard writes "On April 9, ECMA International produced the final draft for the first major update to JavaScript since 1999. It's called ECMAScript 3.1, but will soon be known as ECMAScript, Fifth Edition. You'll know it as JavaScript, the Next Generation. Mozilla will begin implementing these features after Firefox 3.5, and Microsoft is already showing prototypes behind closed doors. The question, however, is what this will change for JavaScript coders. To get those answers, I tracked down Brendan Eich, Mozilla's CTO and the creator of JavaScript. I transcribed the interview without any editorial since he explains, perfectly, what's changing for programmers. Long story short: Json will be safer, getters and setters will be standard, and strict mode will make things easier to debug."

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JavaScript, the Next Generation

[tttonyyy]

I fear for all those poor websites with red backgrounds...

Let's get this out of the way now

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm holding out for ECMAScript 3.11 for Workgroups!

Json vs. XML

[dmmiller2k]

Json has dethroned XML for pure data interchange
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Somehow I don't think so. "AJAJ" just doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Re:what a joke

[x78]

Meh, they're just Enterprising!

Could we change the friggn name?

[sammyo]

Old story, "no it's not java" or "ECMAwhat?"

We get a new rev, add a name change update; let's call it something cool, oh, say ruby++ ?