TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript development

Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by Xcelerate on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:37PM (#4599483)

I'm not sure function level scope over block level is a bad thing. It makes it more Lisp-y. And if you want block level scope, it's about as easy as (in CoffeeScript):

    do ->
        ... local variables right here ...

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Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by munificent on Monday October 01, 2012 @06:32PM (#4599695)

> I'm not sure function level scope over block level is a bad thing. It makes it more Lisp-y.

Lisp has block scope.

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Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by Xcelerate on Monday October 01, 2012 @08:11PM (#4600029)

Well, it can have both...

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Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by Evbn on Monday October 01, 2012 @08:43PM (#4600136)

Example?

Can you write Lisp like this?

Function for(){ f(x); var x = 2; }

Compiles and runs with f(undefined)

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