Ask HN: which functional language to learn?

Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by mvalente on Monday July 06, 2009 @12:32PM (#689898)

Javascript

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by noblethrasher on Monday July 06, 2009 @02:42PM (#690195)

Seconded. Although it's a functional language in the same way lisp is (i.e. it isn't).

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by cema on Monday July 06, 2009 @03:33PM (#690296)

Javascript is a great language (and widely misused, alas). However, calling it a functional language is a very big stretch (unlike lisp).

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by troels on Monday July 06, 2009 @04:43PM (#690416)

Javascript has a lot of Scheme legacy. I'd definitely call it a functional language.

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by cema on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @11:14PM (#695152)

Javascript can be used that way, and some of Javascript technologies suggest that, but it can and usually is used in the mainstream imperative way. People who have not been exposed to functional programming before touching Javascript (which is an overwhelming majority) may not even know about its functional capabilities.

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