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Merge pull request #140 from tc39/tabatkins-patch-1
Clarify PoC
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The idea that when differing perspectives come into conflict, our decisions ought to prioritize them in the following (descending) order:
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1. End users
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1. End users (tool and website users)
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2. JavaScript authors
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3. JavaScript engine implementers
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4. ECMAScript specification authors
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5. Theoretical purity
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This ordering is not absolute; a small cost or benefit to a higher-priority group can be overridden by a sufficiently large cost or benefit to a lower-priority group.
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While this is not an explicitly adopted goal of TC39, it is a common standards concept which delegates often refer to.
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### References

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