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ECMAScript 6 influences
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Technologies that influenced ES6 features:

  • Generators: Python
  • Arrow functions: CoffeeScript
  • const: C++ (the latest C standard has borrowed it from C++)
  • let: is old, became popular via BASIC.
    • Also frequently appears in functional programming languages (Lisp, ML, etc.), but creates immutable bindings there.
  • Template literals: E (quasi literals)
  • Destructuring: Lisp (destructuring bind)
  • Modules: CommonJS, AMD
  • Species pattern (Symbol.species): Smalltalk

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@jbravar
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jbravar commented Apr 17, 2015

Not sure if it was an influence, but the destructuring reminds me of rust.

@getify
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getify commented Apr 17, 2015

E futures -> Promises

@bevacqua
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C# definitely. Arrow functions, generators, async/await

@vaclavbohac
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Symbols and ruby / erlang?

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