Standardaizing JavaScript: Call for PL researchers
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Overview of TC39 research group TG5 and how to engage: TG5 formalizes academic collaboration, runs monthly TG5 meetings (last Wednesday, 16:00 CET), maintains github.com/tc39tg5, and solicits research talks and issues. Process details: the six‑stage pipeline adds stage 2.7 where spec text, cross‑standard coordination (HTML, Unicode) and tests are finished, then implementations like SpiderMonkey implementation feedback hit stage 3 and can force reversion. No outright rejections — proposals may stagnate (weak references example) but remain in the history for future work.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00JavaScript standardization intro
- 1:48TC39’s six-stage process
- 4:15TG5 research role
- 7:05Research areas beyond PL
- 8:53Engaging with TG5
- 9:35Industry-academia value
- 11:05Q&A on stages
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