That was my thought too. He said recently in a video interview the he wished JavaScript had tail call optimization, so it would probably be something along fun

That was my thought too. He said recently in a video interview the he wished JavaScript had tail call optimization, so it would probably be something along functional programming lines. I think it was this one, but they don't publish a transcript so I can't easily verify: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/9-011 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/9-011