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Close to Scheme? Not really. http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt-scheme/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt.

• nostrademons 12y ago
  Straight from the horse's mouth: http://brendaneich.com/2008/04/popularity/ http://brendaneich.com/2008/04/popularity/ JS certainly does have other influences, notably Self and Java. But from that article: "As I’ve often said, and as others at Netscape can confirm, I was recruited to Netscape with the promise of “doing Scheme” in the browser....I’m not proud, but I’m happy that I chose Scheme-ish first-class functions and Self-ish (albeit singular) prototypes as the main ingredients. The Java influences, especially y2k Date bugs but also the primitive vs. object distinction (e.g., string vs. String), were unfortunate."