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JavaScript is functional and oh boy!

• LandR 7y ago
  Yes, but Javascript developers aren't functional. In either sense of the word.
  • sctb 7y ago
    The bar for thoughtfulness is higher than this here. Even if the J-word gets us, could we please be more informative and kind or just not say anything? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• pingucrimson 7y ago
  What does "functional" mean to you? If "OO" has a hundred different meanings, then "functional" must have at least a thousand. To me, JavaScript is definitely not functional - it lacks a notion of purity, and its meaning is the evaluation of statements, not the construction of expressions.
  • Pop2019 7y ago
    My point was popular languages attract masses of developers and the resulting quality of code is poor on average.
    • pingucrimson 7y ago
      That's a good point, but it's not implied by "JavaScript is functional and oh boy!" at all.