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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by SoftTalker on Friday October 31, 2025 @02:52PM (#45775382)
JS is much more of a functional language than it was given credit for a long time. It had first-class functions and closures from day one if I'm not mistaken.
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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by inopinatus on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:01PM (#45776085)
I’m fond of saying “JS is a Lisp”. It’s not a hill I’d bother dying on, however.
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