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functional programming languages are not the most popular languages.

• angersock 12y ago
  Eh, Javascript seems to be doing alright for itself.
  • frowaway001 12y ago
    Since when is JavaScript functional?
    • _broody 12y ago
      It's not functional in the same vein as Haskell, but it is in the same vein as a lisp. Essentially, JS is an application of the lambda calculus.
      • frowaway001 12y ago
        The family of Lisps isn't functional by definition. There are Lisps which are as non-functional as one could imagine. Anyway, where the hell are you seeing the lambda calculus in JavaScript (ignoring that "it's based on lambda calculus" is probably as useful as "computers usually work with 0s and 1s")?