Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet.

Re:Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet. by lmkg on Saturday February 04, 2012 @03:49AM (#3550639)

The language uses functions as the primary mechanism for implementing core language design features, such as abstraction, modularity, code re-use, and configurable behavior. Lisp, Scala, and Haskell use functions as their go-to tool, supported by macros and/or types. JavaScript uses objects and its object system as its primary tool, with functions in a supporting role.

I will concede that JavaScript supports programming in a functional style. However, if one uses that as the definition of a functional language, the term becomes nearly useless, basically excluding only Java.

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Re:Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet. by apgwoz on Saturday February 04, 2012 @07:42AM (#3550921)

You might add that Lisp (well Scheme and some Common Lisps), Scala, and Haskell provide mechanisms to make recursion equivalent to iteration without explicit looping constructs that require mutation (tail recursion).

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