Paul Rubin wrote: > I hadn't seen this before. New Javascript 1.7 features: > > - Generators > - Iterators > - Array comprehensions > - Destructuring assignment > > Sounds like another language we know. > > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/New_in_JavaScript_1.7
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/02/js_and_python_news.html > Given the years of development in Python and similarities to > ECMAScript in application domains and programmer communities, we would > rather follow than lead. By standing on Python's shoulders we reuse > developer knowledge as well as design and implementation experience. > The trick then becomes not borrowing too much from Python, just enough > to gain the essential benefits: structured value-generating > continuations and a general iteration protocol. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
