4 ms·

Earlier JavaScript was basically bad Lisp. Still like it better than Java and c++

• andai 5y ago
  I've heard it described as "Scheme in C's clothing." I remember reading something about how that's a misconception, but I can't recall where. On that note, does anyone have any resources or stories about Self? [0] (The language from which JS inherited prototypal inheritance.) [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ox5P7QyL774 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ox5P7QyL774
  • goatlover 5y ago
    IO was closer to Self as a language than JS, since JS combined the prototypal inheritance with Java-like syntax, making things confusing. But Self was an evolution of Smalltalk (replace classes with prototypes), so the live programming using a GUI running inside the Self VM was part of the deal, instead of writing to files in your editor of choice.
  • Zababa 5y ago
    You may be referring to "JavaScript isn't Scheme" http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt-scheme/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt..., discussions on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=JavaScript%20Isn%27t%20Scheme&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=JavaScript%20Isn%27t%20Scheme&...
  • andai 5y ago
    I found Brendan Eich's article: > Ok, back to JavaScript popularity. We know certain Ajax libraries are popular. Is JavaScript popular? It’s hard to say. Some Ajax developers profess (and demonstrate) love for it. Yet many curse it, including me. I still think of it as a quickie love-child of C and Self. Dr. Johnson‘s words come to mind: “the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.” https://brendaneich.com/2008/04/popularity/ https://brendaneich.com/2008/04/popularity/
• deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]