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Re:Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995) by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @08:41AM (#36785368)
Really disappointed this isn't a full Lisp in the browser.

Lisp is so obviously the future of the web, so this seems like a backward step to me.

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Re:Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995) by bazoom42 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @09:57AM (#36786423)
A Lisp which used < > instead of ( ) would itegrate very nicely with HTML.
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Re:Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995) by bokchoi on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:44PM (#36790317)
Ah, that's what the L is XSLT stands for!
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Re:Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995) by kazinator on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:21PM (#36793607)
That existed: MDL.

Well, MDL has < > conses and ( ) conses. These have a different type tag, but are otherwise identical. MDL uses that to give the two different semantics, situationally.

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