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«I’m not proud, but I’m happy that I chose Scheme-ish first-class functions and Self-ish (albeit singular) prototypes as the main ingredients. The Java influenc
by lisivka 10y ago
«I’m not proud, but I’m happy that I chose Scheme-ish first-class functions and Self-ish (albeit singular) prototypes as the main ingredients. The Java influences, especially y2k Date bugs but also the primitive vs. object distinction (e.g., string vs. String), were unfortunate.»
So JS got ideas from Scheme, Self, and Java.
- erik14th 10y agoThat's what I meant by "mostly". Indeed it does have influence from scheme but it is not "scheme in c clothing" as people have put it.