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		SoftTalker 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Carmack on mutable variables 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.

inopinatus 33 days ago [–]

I’m fond of saying “JS is a Lisp”. It’s not a hill I’d bother dying on, however.

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