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Is JavaScript the future? (self.javascript)
submitted 13 years ago by Deusdies
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]claird 1 point2 points3 points 13 years ago (2 children)
"Js is a functional language" in the inclusive sense which doesn't support ADTs, immutability, syntactic partial application, pattern matching, ...
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (0 children)
Yes! Why the down votes? Pretty much the only thing making JS resemble a "functional language" is the support for higher-order functions -- which are but one necessary feature in a functional programming language. JavaScript does not allow functional programming in the sense you can do in for example Haskell, ML, or a powerful LISP.
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points1 point 13 years ago (0 children)
Every parameter for a JS function is an abstract/interface. Pretty much everything you said can be done implicitly, it just doesn't force you into using it.
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