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JS basically is Scheme, after all.

• Hammershaft 4y ago
  We can only wish javascript was scheme. https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt-scheme/ https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isn...
  • bmitc 4y ago
    I've never understood how someone who supposedly liked, wanted, and had experience with Scheme ended up creating JavaScript, even being rushed to do so. This isn't a personal judgement. It's just that I don't understand it.
    • wiseowise 4y ago
      Suits wanted Java because nirmies.
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      Because customer said so.
    • speed_spread 4y ago
      Maybe 'that person' was against homoiconic marriage too.
    • kazinator 4y ago
      Here is what I don't understand: How someone who supposedly liked, wanted and had experience with Scheme ended up creating a language with a function-scoped var binding construct, which then took twenty more years to finally get a block-scoped let.
  • bmacho 4y ago
    tl;dr a list of random things, then stating that this proves that javascript is not basically a scheme. 4/10, effort appreciated.
    • thrown_22 4y ago
      If by random you mean things that every scheme share then sure. It's about as random as requiring mammals to be warm blooded.
• pjmlp 4y ago
  With a sparkling of SELF.