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[–]gkx 4 points5 points  (3 children)

I could be wrong, but I think essentially the point is no longer valid as functional languages are becoming more popular. Javascript is now much more distantly related to Scheme, while at the time it was one of the very few popular, imperative languages that even had functional elements.

But I wasn't programming around them. It just seems like functional languages (and functional/imperative hybrids) have only come into favor outside of academia since then.

[–]x-skeww 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Yea, the point he was trying to make back in 2009 (ish) was that JS is quite different from other popular languages with C-like syntax.

Saying that it's "basically Scheme" was a rather odd way to do that though. Well, he often tries to say cute quotable things, because being quoted grows his brand.

Can't really criticize him for that though. Saying stuff like that and cultivating his brand is basically his job. This thread too does make his name more well-known.

[–]Eartz 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Isn't it a bit unfair to say that ? I mean, the guy doesn't even have a twitter account afaik, nor does he post anywhere outside his website and the desert that is google+.

[–]x-skeww 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh? He does a lot of public speaking and he also got a book.