Re: Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2?

[Daniel Colascione]

On Aug 9, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Leo wrote:
> Why not fix bugs in js2-mode? Having two packages providing similar
> features is a burden to maintainers as well as users.

Because js2-mode is an abomination? Oh, it's not so bad that it's slow  
and unmaintained: that description applies to lots of code in Emacs.  
The problem is that js2-mode operates fundamentally differently from  
other modes, eschews font-lock, parses the buffer *asynchronously*,  
and generally goes against every possible convention for implementing  
a major mode.