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JavaScript being some kind of Lisp dialect with a C syntax is good IMHO. You also get some Perl inspired features in JavaScript, like the regular expression eng
by speedgoose 3y ago
JavaScript being some kind of Lisp dialect with a C syntax is good IMHO. You also get some Perl inspired features in JavaScript, like the regular expression engine, and the not so user friendly array methods like slice and splice.
The DOM API is also a bit more robust than string manipulation.
- jeremyjh 3y agoI know its history but Javascript is not in any meaningful sense a "Lisp dialect". Code is not data, code is not even an object, you have to define a function, closure or object to manipulate the code itself.
- runlaszlorun 3y agoI’m thinking Self would be a better reference but I’m guessing there’s a limited audience s who’s ever even seen it.
- runlaszlorun 3y agoI’m not sure ‘robust’ is a term that often comes to mind for me regarding the DOM API.