Dave Herman writes to inform that pre-release of reference implementation of ECMAScript Edition 4 aka JavaScript 2 is available. This is the place to track developments with JavaScript, along with a ECMAScript Edition 4 Wiki.
The purpose of a RI is to serve as a standard and as an example for others to carry out other implementations. With this perspective the RI is being done using Standard ML.
Considering that the web world seems to be keen on using client-side functionality to improve interactivity, JavaScript will have a heavy impact on its future of the Web. JavaScript is an excellent programming language, however it has always found itself itself in controversies regarding security and cross-platform behavior.
Download the binaries and source, unfortunately the binaries are not available for Linux yet. Follow work on JavaScript 2 at ecmascript-lang.org and the es4 mailing list.
