But this is the sort of basic functionality that shouldn't be coming in a standa...

		PommeDeTerre on Aug 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toward Modern Web Apps with ECMAScript 6 But this is the sort of basic functionality that shouldn't be coming in a standard nearly 20 years after the language was first released. This is especially true when other languages have had such functionality since before JavaScript was conceived. It's not like they're new concepts that post-date JavaScript's creation.

Sure, but it's not like that's a rare occurrence (behold HN's darling Go)