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It's only the most important one as it's the only one we're allowed to use. More like: Can functional paradigms be used in a procedural language
by mattmanser 13y ago
It's only the most important one as it's the only one we're allowed to use.
More like: Can functional paradigms be used in a procedural language
- icebraining 13y agoI think spot's formulation is closer to the original intent. The purpose was to create a language for web pages, not an exploration of functional paradigms in procedural languages.
- jerf 13y agoBy the time Javascript was designed, having first-class functions or closures was not a radical concept. It had not penetrated to the mainstream languages yet, but it was already to the point where they were very nearly the last holdouts. Beyond that, Javascript did not particularly ship with any sophisticated FP stuff, and, really, doesn't even ship with any today. It may be nice that Underscore can be written, but for any language with any functional pretensions whatsoever, it shouldn't need to be written, because it ought to just be shipped with the stock language.
- herokusaki 13y agoOr more narrowly, can Self be made to look like Java?