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We can only wish javascript was scheme. https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt-scheme/ https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/jav

• 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.