André Bargull

Test scripts + results using nashorn-jdk9 tip: https://gist.github.com/anba/24f2b158aa7e58930bf2 TLDR; the `let` and `const` tests pass except for: ``` let - for-loop iteration scope let - for-loop iteration scope (strict mode)...

> So I went ahead and opened #218 Which as you can see definitely fixes the FireFox JS performance! \o/ > But it still seems like something is off after...

Removing the closed over parameters of the inner function in `_curry2` gave decent speed-ups, at least for this specific test case and when testing on the SpiderMonkey (and d8, JSC,...

> In fact, arguably, it would be _easier_ for engines to avoid allocating a counter by checking the mapping function’s length. It's also necessary to check that `arguments` isn't used,...

We've went with using the 'backzone' ids in Firefox to avoid the risk to make users in the affected time zones upset. For example canonicalizing 'Europe/Ljubljana', 'Europe/Podgorica', 'Europe/Sarajevo', 'Europe/Skopje', and...

There are multiple issues, some overlapping, which lead to differences between browsers when handling time zones: 1. Let's start with accepted time zone strings, because any difference here may have...

> @anba What is Firefox doing these days? Is it still necessary to put in the exception to allow backzone to be used for time zone names? We're basically still...

Dup of #390?

This specific issue won't be fixed by ICU61, because the current algorithm still requires too much precision, just as mentioned in https://github.com/tc39/test262/pull/856#issue-105749702 ("[...] to allow some inaccuracy when x >=...

Two potential issues which can make the transition to `Intl.ListFormat` a bit harder than expected: 1. How to handle the `options` parameter? Should it apply only to the individual array...