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So, this Functional Reactive Programming stuff compiles to Javascript, right? Is the resultant Javascript just a bunch of nested callbacks, as in the example t

by jawns 14y ago

So, this Functional Reactive Programming stuff compiles to Javascript, right? Is the resultant Javascript just a bunch of nested callbacks, as in the example the blog post uses to illustrate spaghetti code?

pufuwozu 14y ago
Yes. Elm is a FRP language that compiles to JavaScript. View source on some of the examples: http://elm-lang.org/Examples.elm http://elm-lang.org/Examples.elm
eblume 14y ago
The 'big problem' with callbacks isn't the callbacks themselves - it's the resulting difficulty to the developer to keep track of the flow of control. This is analogous to goto's - programming with goto is a nightmare, but all code 'compiles to' some sort of immediate form using goto's. The goto is not the problem, programming with goto is.