After my first contact with a computer in the 1980's, I taught myself to program in BASIC and Z80 assembler. I went on to study Computer Science and have enjoyed a long career in Software Engineering.
The development and discussion of extensions like this (for any language) is a great way to test the viability of new features before preparing formal proposals.
They might end up just being something the original developer finds useful or merely interesting, but others might also find them of use.
They should carry a health warning until they are fully tested, adequately documented and licenced. But then there are far too many widely used packages (JS and other stacks) that fall short of this stipulation.
Just look at how John Resig's jQuery influenced the evolution of JS and the development of Web APIs and continues to be in wide usage.
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These are JavaScript Extensions, like Swift and Kotlin extensions
The development and discussion of extensions like this (for any language) is a great way to test the viability of new features before preparing formal proposals.
They might end up just being something the original developer finds useful or merely interesting, but others might also find them of use.
They should carry a health warning until they are fully tested, adequately documented and licenced. But then there are far too many widely used packages (JS and other stacks) that fall short of this stipulation.
Just look at how John Resig's jQuery influenced the evolution of JS and the development of Web APIs and continues to be in wide usage.