On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 17, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Douglas Crockford wrote: > >> It may be best to defer decimal to Harmony so we can try some >> experiments and have more confidence. > > Absolutely agree (someone added es-discuss to the cc: list already). See > > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2008-August/007136.html > > which led to many followups and different discussions. In all of > those messages, I do not recall reading why decimal can't wait for > Harmony. > > It's not that we wouldn't "just take decimal" if it dropped into 3.1 > without slipping 3.1's schedule, but I don't see how that is possible > simply in terms of spec production. Getting feedback from significant > numbers of users based on Sam's open-source implementation also looks > like it will take more than a few months, and if this user feedback > must come before spec production, then we are doubly out of time for > decimal in 3.1.
My only claim is that I have a head start on implementations and user feedback on such items as "use strict", and I intend to maintain that lead. > This doesn't mean the pace of implementation should slow down. Sam, > I'm still keen on reviewing your patch for SpiderMonkey. It may not > make Firefox 3.1 (I think it could) but it should get into automated > proto-Firefox builds that people can test. My patch does not match the direction that Doug now is advocating. To the extent that I understand Doug's proposal, it essentially is an opt-in that would remove a feature (binary64 floating points); and therefore would likely be about as successful as an opt-in that removed another feature that Doug dislikes, such as "with". Am I missing something? I also don't understand the argument that the direction I have outlined is not acceptable for users who care about quantities that represent monetary amounts. Can somebody spell that out for me please? > /be - Sam Ruby _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
