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From the very first comment: "We are in the year 2011, PL design has progressed so much since 1990 that such an anachronism is unpardonable." It's meant to be
by dextorious 15y ago
From the very first comment: "We are in the year 2011, PL design has progressed so much since 1990 that such an anachronism is unpardonable."
It's meant to be a language for web development. Catering to the HUGE, EXISTING javascript dev crowd and meant to work with javascript (compile to, reuse staff) etc.
Can we please remove our blinders for a little while and stop whining that it's not like Haskell or any other flavor du jour?