> I don't even mind the classes - just because it makes Crockford and the other enterprise java folks shut up
This is the second time I've seen in this thread that people lump Crockford in with Java enterprise folks, but Crockford routinely says `class` was the worst addition to JS.
> What I do find particularly impressive is how flexible JS is, and how much support can be added without actually changing the runtime
Funny enough, this sounds a lot like something Crockford would say.
I think Crockford's main gripe with JS these days is that TC39 is more concerned with adding superfluous features than cleaning up footguns. There is a video from 2018 where he goes through some of the more popular ES6 features and mentioned which ones he likes/dislikes. [1]