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Could it be that JS has poor expressivity for the concepts discussed in SICP, but good expressivity as a general scripting language[0]? Same thing for Python.
by behnamoh 3y ago
Could it be that JS has poor expressivity for the concepts discussed in SICP, but good expressivity as a general scripting language[0]? Same thing for Python.
[0] And conversely, Scheme doesn't have good expressivity as a scripting language.
- pjmlp 3y agoGiven Lisp Machines and Interlisp-D, I would state the issue with Scheme is more related to lack of tooling.
- gumby 3y agoScheme has better expressivity (or more expressive power if you want to put it that way) but there’s a higher gain mismatch between its syntax and the things people usually script these days. Scripting languages are tightly coupled to the language they are scripting.