ecma

Mono and patents

Hi, the currently ongoing flame wars on the subject Mono and patents I wanted a look behind the curtains and propaganda material from both sides, but this doesn't seem to be so easy. What seems to be pretty clear is that anything not under the ECMA standard is endangered, especially libraries - but on the topic of the standard covered ...

How does one build Mono with only the ECMA covered parts?

I'm trying to figure out how to build Mono without the patented, non ECMA components, such as Winforms. Miguel de Icaza said that Mono would be split in two, so that we could build only the parts under Microsoft's Community Promise. It doesn't seem like this has happened yet. Is there any way to do this yet? ...

Why C# is an open standard but .NET is not?

Why C# is an open standard but .NET is not? What is the point in this? Why Microsoft decide to open only some part of their .NET? ...

Multiple assignment in javascript?

For a project a developer sent us a .js file with code similar to this: var myList = [1,2,3]; var a,b,c; [a,b,c] = myList; It works in Opera 10.30, Firefox 3.6.x but it's not ok for Opera 10.60 and Chrome. It's just curiosity, do you have any reference or link that says this code is compliant to JS/ECMA standard or not? What do yo...