es3.1:relationship_with_the_es4_specification

[Peter Michaux]

Hi,

It has been over a year since the following wiki page has been updated.

http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=es3.1:relationship_with_the_es4_specification

Has there been any resolution about how the es3.1 specification will
be officially named?

Given that

1) es4 intends to be capable of running es3 programs

2) es3.1 intended to be a stepping stone directly on the path from es3 to es4

it seems to make sense that es3.1 would officially be "ECMA-262
revision 4" and then es4 would be "ECMA-262 revision 5".

Peter
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[Brendan Eich-2]

On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Peter Michaux wrote:

> Has there been any resolution about how the es3.1 specification will
> be officially named?

Yes, Ecma TC39 talked about this and the issue was not forcing a  
version step for marketing reasons, rather the lack of dotted edition  
numbers in Ecma standards -- which the TC39 Chair and Ecma Secretary-
General agreed could be added easily. So the ES3.1 work is aiming to  
create ECMA-262 Edition 3.1, and ES4 the 4th Edition.

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[Peter Michaux]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Brendan Eich <brendan@...> wrote:

> On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Peter Michaux wrote:
>
>> Has there been any resolution about how the es3.1 specification will
>> be officially named?
>
> Yes, Ecma TC39 talked about this and the issue was not forcing a version
> step for marketing reasons, rather the lack of dotted edition numbers in
> Ecma standards -- which the TC39 Chair and Ecma Secretary-General agreed
> could be added easily. So the ES3.1 work is aiming to create ECMA-262
> Edition 3.1, and ES4 the 4th Edition.

Well that was mighty accommodating of them.

Thanks,
Peter
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