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		Ciantic on April 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RQ – A small JavaScript library for managing asych... Must be frustrating for Crockford to be in TC39. He didn't like class keyword, thought typing (TypeScript etc) is a wrong direction. This (albeit it began 2013, but it was just updated) library does not mention ES6 Promises, proposal for async await, or the yield hack.

domenicd on April 14, 2015 | [–]

Crockford is no longer in TC39 and hasn't attended for quite some time now (maybe a year).

vskarine on April 14, 2015 | [–]

could you please explain why you think typing is a wrong direction?

unklefolk on April 14, 2015 | [–]

The reference is to Crockford not liking typing. Here is one link backing that up: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DouglasCrockfordEsq/posts/MgzNU...

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