Why was ECMAScript 4th edition completely scrapped?

Question

I\'ve been looking for some information regarding the scrapped ECMAScript 4th Edition without much success, even on SO. I know Mozilla\'s JavaScript 1.7 implemented many (a

Answer 1

There was some discussion of the in the interviews of Coders At Work, two of the interviewees were on opposite sides of this issue.

It appears to have come down to fundamental disagreement about what the language should contain between those working on v4 and some other well respected members of the community.

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