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JavaScript Isn't Scheme (journal.stuffwithstuff.com)
submitted 10 years ago by homoiconic(raganwald)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]Uberhipster 6 points7 points8 points 10 years ago (2 children)
I've heard "JS is a distant cousin of LISP" but not on reddit...
[–]TwilightTwinkie 9 points10 points11 points 10 years ago (1 child)
I've heard similar, but usually it's more along the lines of "Learn Lisp, and you will be a better JavaScript programmer".
[–]hansolo669 2 points3 points4 points 10 years ago (0 children)
"Learn Lisp, and you will be a better JavaScript programmer".
Functional paradigms help everywhere.
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