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JavaScript (which is based on Scheme dialect of Lisp) is formally specified, well-developed, and fast, so quote above is outdated.
by drran 6y ago
JavaScript (which is based on Scheme dialect of Lisp) is formally specified, well-developed, and fast, so quote above is outdated.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoJavaScript isn't based on Scheme, it's what would have been Scheme if deadlines and marketing needs didn't make Netscape use a hacky toy language instead. The place where JavaScript contains "an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp" is Babel.