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I remember being very intrigued by the article back in the day and I revisited it at least twice to find out if steve ever confirmed what language he was writin
by davidroetzel 11y ago
I remember being very intrigued by the article back in the day and I revisited it at least twice to find out if steve ever confirmed what language he was writing about.
Today people seem to take for granted that the NBL was in fact javascript, but I still cannot find any source for this.
Does anyone know more and can point me in the right direction?
- robin_reala 11y agoOK, fair enough, but there aren’t any other obvious contenders that fit his criteria. Also, ES4 was in development at the time and would have been a major overhaul to the language (something we’re now getting in ES6). Maybe I am taking it for granted though…
- gjm11 11y agoI've seen video of a talk in which Yegge says, in so many words, that "NBL is Javascript". Google suggests it was a talk at OSCON 2007, which I can't easily check right now.
- seiji 11y agoCitation from the past: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2344077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2344077
- davidroetzel 11y agoThanks a lot! Exactly what I was looking for.
- yellowstuff 11y agoHe gave a talk not long after the initial post where he said something to the effect of 'You guys, NBL is obviously JavaScript!" I think I saw it on YouTube at the time, not sure if it is still available.