"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so I invented it"

Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so... by SoftwareMaven on Thursday January 24, 2013 @07:13PM (#5113145)

I know quite a few languages, and I like Javascript. It has a nice mix of functional, procedural, and object oriented aspects. Once upon a time, it was a horrible language to work in (with browser differences making it infinitely worse); but now, I find I like it.

Now, that said, given the choice, I'd choose coffescript. It gives many of the same benefits in a more concise format. It has its warts as well, though, reflecting its desire to stay as close to a concise-javascript as possible.

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Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so... by zackmorris on Thursday January 24, 2013 @09:38PM (#5113619)

I feel like coffeescript largely exists because of early mistakes in javascript, like no heredoc and places where they weakened the language to make it more convenient, like this one I just discovered today (with workarounds) http://stackoverflow.com/a/14510952/539149 and js has a ton of problems because it separated Array and Object, but overall I think it's still probably my favorite language right now. I like lua too but it's less pure, so aspects of it remind me of older languages like pascal.

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