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JavaScript library space is basically pure NIH - maybe it's a Lisp, too?
by lispm 9y ago
JavaScript library space is basically pure NIH - maybe it's a Lisp, too?
- outworlder 9y agoIt does have a surprising amount of Lisp DNA, despite the horrible semantics.
- lispm 9y agoYou can bet that every day Javascript users reinvent Lisp stuff from 50 years ago. Javascript on the language level is like Lisp from the end 70s minus better numerics and minus macros and minus using JSON as a syntax for programs. The prototype stuff is straight from Actors in Lisp, mid 70s.
- erik_seaberg 9y agoIt's missing key pieces, though. Even with Babel it's very painful to extend the language, so important features like async/await arrive after years instead of hours.