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"JavaScript can be the native format of your data" I don't think developers appreciate how amazing this feature is in a language. Code should be a data-struct

• calebm 12y ago
  Closer to homoiconicity, but not quite there.
  • ericHosick 12y ago
    Ya. Exactly. I like that term.
    • rubiquity 12y ago
      Not exactly at all. Homoiconicity is when your program can be represented as a data structure. Like, literally a data structure. JavaScript doesn't even come close to that.
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      • ericHosick 12y ago
        Ya. I mean exactly as in the term Homoiconicity. Not Javascript itself. However.. You can use an approach to programming in JavaScript that allows java-script to be Homoiconicit. It is also possible to do the same thing in C#. Here is an example: // This code is a data structure // that can be traversed, persisted, // etc. // Write to the console ( 3 + -1 ) + -1 Con({ text: Add({ left: Add({ left: Num(3), right: Num(-1) }), right: Num(-1) }), }).go; // Add defined var AddF = function() {}; AddF.prototype = { get go() { return this.asNum; }, get asNum() { return this.d.left.asNum + this.d.right.asNum; }, get asStr() { return "(" + this.d.left.asStr + " + " + this.d.right.asStr + ")"; } }; function Add(d) { var f = new AddF(); f.d = d; return f; }; // Num Defined var NumF = function() {}; NumF.prototype = { get val() { return this.d; }, get go() { return this.d; }, get asNum() { return this.d; }, get asArr() { return [this.d]; }, get asStr() { return this.d.toString(); } }; function Num(d) { var f = new NumF(); f.d = d; return f; }; var ConF = function() {}; ConF.prototype = { get go() { console.log(this.d.text.go); return unknown; } } function Con(d) { var f = new ConF(); f.d = d; return f; };
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  • rubiquity 12y ago
    Assuming you are talking about JSON, that isn't even close to homoiconicity. Even if it were, any JSON you send/receive over the wire still has to be encoded/decoded into JSON, taking you right back to square one just like with any other language consuming JSON.