Brendan Eich (2014-09-24T02:37:53.000Z)
Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> This works great as a general principle, but honestly tons of
> languages have already forged this path.  It's pretty straightforward,
> I think.

I made the case for building it in sooner, but TC39 wanted "less sooner" 
based on library usage. There was a minority position (as voiced; could 
be majority) that argued JS is different, object detection plus optional 
"fields" means this is the wrong direction.

/be
domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-09-30T16:49:16.029Z)
I made the case for building it in sooner, but TC39 wanted "less sooner" 
based on library usage. There was a minority position (as voiced; could 
be majority) that argued JS is different, object detection plus optional 
"fields" means this is the wrong direction.