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> we were able to survive 20+ years without having them in JS, so it's not like they are essential. And voila the attitude I was referring to, it comes out. R

> we were able to survive 20+ years without having them in JS, so it's not like they are essential. And voila the attitude I was referring to, it comes out. Recursion is pretty damn essential to functional programming, and like it or not that's the way JS is headed.

coldtea 9y ago
>and like it or not that's the way JS is headed. Well, like it or not, recursion did not make it to ES6/ES7.
- jnbiche 9y ago
  It did make it to ES6, but the engines failed to implement the spec.