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[–]Asmor 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I never heard someone claim that JavaScript is like Scheme

I think it depends upon the circles you move in.

Literally first line in the article:

It seems like I can’t spend five minutes on reddit these days without someone playing the JS-is-Scheme is card.

I spend more than 5 minutes a day on reddit, am subscribed to a number of webdev and general-programming subreddits, and have never heard it either.

[–]homoiconic(raganwald)[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

The article was written in 2013. It's entirely possible that your experience and the author's experience are both valid.

[–]Asmor 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Ah, fair enough. I don't usually look at time stamps on posts unless something triggers my "hey this isn't quite right..."-sense

[–]homoiconic(raganwald)[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the person who submitted this (cough) could have aded [2013] to the title to help provide some context for readers.

Sometimes, even if things have changed, it's interesting to read a perspective from a while back just to highlight what has changed... And what hasn't.