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First they replace Scheme with Python for their CS classes, and now SICP in JavaScript! Isn't this another portent from Nostradamus about the coming of the end

by eggy 5y ago

First they replace Scheme with Python for their CS classes, and now SICP in JavaScript! Isn't this another portent from Nostradamus about the coming of the end of the world?

jacquesm 5y ago
No, it's proof that you are already in hell.
- tartoran 5y ago
  I think hell is coded in Java
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    Indeed, and this is common knowledge. But in hell you program in javascript. Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge .
  - jpgvm 5y ago
    Hell, Heaven and Earth are written in Java. That is why most people are slow after waking up and why you need to sleep for garbage collection to run.
    - tartoran 5y ago
      Spot on, we wake up groggy because the VM is kicking in
    - tzs 5y ago
      For arguments that God wrote it all in Lisp see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OjTPj7K54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OjTPj7K54
  - just_steve_h 5y ago
    Write Once, Burn Anywhere
  - d3nj4l 5y ago
    I've really gotten used to hell then :>
  - crate_barre 5y ago
    Like many answers in life, hell is not coded in Java or JavaScript, hell is coded by other people coding in Java or JavaScript. Some things in life just turn into hell when you ask for everyone’s interpretation (politics, government, programming). It’s not fried chicken which most people cant fuck up even if they tried. Stick the damn chicken in the fryer, and whether you over-do it or under-do it, it’ll be fine with some ketchup.
d3nj4l 5y ago
It's not the worst thing to happen, but for the love of god, couldn't they have at least chosen an expression oriented language?! Even Ruby for god's sakes would've been better than JS!
- fellellor 5y ago
  Ruby’s awesome. This would have slapped in Ruby.
- hajile 5y ago
  If they were to choose another language, StandardML should have been the choice. It was designed to be easy for students to implement with relatively easy parsing rules. It is fully functional, but allows mutations. It also has an actually sound type system.

by eggy 5y ago

First they replace Scheme with Python for their CS classes, and now SICP in JavaScript! Isn't this another portent from Nostradamus about the coming of the end of the world?

jacquesm 5y ago

No, it's proof that you are already in hell.

tartoran 5y ago
I think hell is coded in Java
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Indeed, and this is common knowledge. But in hell you program in javascript. Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge .
- jpgvm 5y ago
  Hell, Heaven and Earth are written in Java. That is why most people are slow after waking up and why you need to sleep for garbage collection to run.
  - tartoran 5y ago
    Spot on, we wake up groggy because the VM is kicking in
  - tzs 5y ago
    For arguments that God wrote it all in Lisp see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OjTPj7K54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OjTPj7K54
- just_steve_h 5y ago
  Write Once, Burn Anywhere
- d3nj4l 5y ago
  I've really gotten used to hell then :>
- crate_barre 5y ago
  Like many answers in life, hell is not coded in Java or JavaScript, hell is coded by other people coding in Java or JavaScript. Some things in life just turn into hell when you ask for everyone’s interpretation (politics, government, programming). It’s not fried chicken which most people cant fuck up even if they tried. Stick the damn chicken in the fryer, and whether you over-do it or under-do it, it’ll be fine with some ketchup.

d3nj4l 5y ago

It's not the worst thing to happen, but for the love of god, couldn't they have at least chosen an expression oriented language?! Even Ruby for god's sakes would've been better than JS!

fellellor 5y ago
Ruby’s awesome. This would have slapped in Ruby.
hajile 5y ago
If they were to choose another language, StandardML should have been the choice. It was designed to be easy for students to implement with relatively easy parsing rules. It is fully functional, but allows mutations. It also has an actually sound type system.