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Being a big fan of APL (and J), I agree with you. On the other hand, for JavaScript you might want to take a look (beyond technical merits) at its social conte
by ontouchstart 10y ago
Being a big fan of APL (and J), I agree with you.
On the other hand, for JavaScript you might want to take a look (beyond technical merits) at its social context. Client side JavaScript is deeply related to the design and implementation of the DOM. Whether we like it or not, the social aspect of browser really makes JavaScript unique in the history of programming languages.
That is the context of "the way of thinking" I am looking at.
- dang 10y agoThat's quite an interesting take, but I've imbibed too many Alan Kay talks to buy it except as a case study in bloat. The social contexts leading to extrinsic complexity are many; those leading to breakthroughs of simplicity are precious few. I'd rather study the latter—and even better than study, be part of one!
- ontouchstart 10y agoThen perhaps we should give these good guys a hand and bring them into 21st century: https://github.com/jsoftware https://github.com/jsoftware