Looks like there has been a bit of controversy surround the ECMAScript standard and Javascript 2.0. Some new stuff has been “tossed”, and they are focusing on a new standard named “Harmony” hoping to “mend fences” and bring people together. Good to know.
Here is a summary from the article: “The Ecma International standards body scraps its ECMAScript 4 effort to pursue a project called “Harmony” that aims at mending fences between warring parties. With Microsoft and Yahoo on one side and Adobe, Mozilla, Google and Opera on seemingly another, Ecma moved to take the middle road. ECMAScript 4 was to become JavaScript 2.”
Read more @ http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=49232&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1.
Next Version of JavaScript: "Harmony"
August 18, 2008