<faqentry>2.12 What does the future hold for ECMAScript?</faqentry>

[VK]

2.12 What does the future hold for ECMAScript?

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The fourth edition of ECMAScript will provide new features like typed
variables, and classes. More information can be found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/es4/index.html ,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/voices/scripting07142000.asp or from
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.jscript
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The fourth edition of ECMAScript will provide new features like typed
variables, and classes. Unfortunately the works on ECMAScript 4 project
were stopped at 2003 when the main driving force Waldemar Horwat moved
on new job and left the project. The last updated version can be still
seen at <http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/es4/index.html>, but no
changes made since 2003 neither any further development is expected.
Year 2006 ECMAScript 4 project was re-continued by Mozilla Foundation
with Brendan Eich as the leader of the project. New working draft is
ECMAScript Fourth Edition Language Specification
Working Draft 1.0
November 1, 2006
<http://www.carsoncheng.com/Ecma/tc39-tg1-2006-001.pdf>
Also see documentation currently ported to HTML at
<http://developer.mozilla.org/es4/>
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P.S.
<http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.js-engine/msg/da25a344672f7c5a>
also can be interesting.

[Nickolay Ponomarev]

VK wrote:

Year 2006 ECMAScript 4 project was re-continued by Mozilla Foundation
with Brendan Eich as the leader of the project.

By ECMA TG1, it's not under MoFo control.

Nickolay

[Peter Michaux]

VK wrote:

2.12 What does the future hold for ECMAScript?

<URL:
http://ajaxian.com/downloads/presentations/eich-ajax-experience-2006/>