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> JavaScript: What they got right? It's functional. Really. It's really not, it's a language that encourages unrestricted mutable state which is very not funct

• lambdasquirrel 13y ago
  It's hard to agree or disagree with that. Javascript, by iyself, yes, you're right, but everyone codes with either coffeescript and/or underscore, so it's possible to do most of your work in a functional manner. jquery's selectors can be used in a fairly declarative manner when you do have to manipulate existing DOM elements, so in practice, it's not that bad.
  • sigzero 13y ago
    JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed, and has first-class functions.
  • freyrs3 13y ago
    It's possible to do most of your work in a functional manner in most imperative languages, including C. Doesn't make them any more functional.