The content is now here: https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/ch_modules.html#polyfills
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the oldest usage of it I’m aware of is the es5-sham (a file in the es5-shim)
@ljharb I never noticed it before yesterday (I have known and used es5-shim for years).
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also es6-shim has an es6-sham. a comparable term for "polyfill" is "prollyfill".
Note: My goal is not comprehensiveness, my goal is to bring beginners up to speed, without overwhelming them. Accordingly, I’m trying to answer two questions:
- What terms will newcomers see often?
- What concepts should they know about?
I don’t like the term “prollyfill” (as a non-native speaker, I only recently realized that the “prolly” may stand for “probably”). The following document suggests the alternative “speculative polyfill” which I find more intuitive: https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/polyfills/
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@WebReflection. Fixed, thanks! I only want to describe the most common terms. I hadn’t seen “sham” before yesterday.