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Re:Should JavaScript be split into two languages? Google pro... by anonzzzies on Sunday October 27, 2024 @12:35AM (#41959888)
Besides his nick, was he smug? He just noted that Lisp(likes) solve this problem for some version of 'solve' with the numerical tower. The implementations don't (usually; I am not aware of any) mix exact and inexact as that would be foolish obviously.
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Re:Should JavaScript be split into two languages? Google pro... by xscott on Sunday October 27, 2024 @12:55AM (#41959955)
> Besides his nick, was he smug?

Saying, "That's nice." is a cliche condescension. You're free to disagree, but I think his intent was clear.

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Re:Should JavaScript be split into two languages? Google pro... by anonzzzies on Sunday October 27, 2024 @01:01AM (#41959978)
Ah, I did not read that into it. But guess that might be what he was doing.
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