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Jul 19, 2020 at 04:51
Shims (implementations of built-in functionality missing from your current interpreter) are a mature concept in JS. I love that there are even standards now, setting expectations for how to plug them in: https://github.com/es-shims/es-shim-api (An incomplete, best-effort shim is a "sham"!)
GitHub - es-shims/es-shim-api: API contract, and rudimentary tests, for modules that conform to the *es-shim API*
GitHub - es-shims/es-shim-api: API contract, and rudimentary tests, for modules that conform to the *es-shim API*
API contract, and rudimentary tests, for modules that conform to the *es-shim API* - es-shims/es-shim-api

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