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Interestingly written 3 years after the introduction of a functional language that eventually went on to become the most popular language there is.
by femto113 6y ago
Interestingly written 3 years after the introduction of a functional language that eventually went on to become the most popular language there is.
- SCdF 6y agoJS has some properties that are typically associated with functional languages but is missing others. But then again, so does Java if you're willing to ignore the lack of syntactic sugar for them, so what do definitions even mean anymore.
- eru 6y agoJava only got some functional trappings fairly late in its life. JavaScript was a relative transparent reskin of a (rushed) Lisp from the start.
- LockAndLol 6y agoWhich language are you talking about?
- motogpjimbo 6y agoThe one that controls the web application you're currently using.
- SCdF 6y agoControls the comment collapsing, everything else doesn't require JS.
- tobyhede 6y agoJS?