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I don't use the term myself, I call it by the feature name (like async/await), "the new syntax for _", or "the improved syntax for _." I just call it what it is instead of trying to dress it up.
I think it is one of those terms that is picking up in usage recently, especially in the JavaScript community. I think that leads to a tendency of muddying the original intent and having it be applied to everything new added to a language.
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I don't use the term myself, I call it by the feature name (like async/await), "the new syntax for _", or "the improved syntax for _." I just call it what it is instead of trying to dress it up.
I think it is one of those terms that is picking up in usage recently, especially in the JavaScript community. I think that leads to a tendency of muddying the original intent and having it be applied to everything new added to a language.