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JavaScript is like English. It incorporates the best parts of other languages. Starting from Java, you can now see the clear influence of Python in ES6/7 with g
by izolate 11y ago
JavaScript is like English. It incorporates the best parts of other languages. Starting from Java, you can now see the clear influence of Python in ES6/7 with generators and string templates. I think this is JS's greatest asset.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoI wouldn't say English "incorporates the best parts of other languages", but you're on the right path. Like English, JavaScript's ubiquity has lead to it being elaborated such that it is suitable for a very wide range of use cases. Like English, JavaScript's ubiquity has made the language grow considerably, but it has made the language more flexible at the same time.
- debacle 11y ago> Python in ES6/7 with generators and string templates. When I think of generators and string templates, Python is not one of the first three languages I think of.
- stusmall 11y ago"We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll
- M8 11y agoLike a ball of greasy dirt rolling through a jewelry market. Is the end result beautiful or just the individual features?
- je42 11y agodon't forget the destructor pattern.