They’re much more similar than you’d think at first. They have a very similar functions-are-objects-are-data-are-everything-you-need-to-do-anything and dynamic binding approach to doing things.
I never progressed beyond the do-simple-things-you-saw-in-a-tutorial stage with Javascript. I’ve always heard Javascript described as a kludgy language that everyone deals with just because it’s a web standard. While I don’t doubt you, it really surprises me to hear you compare it to the elegance of Scheme. :)
*JavaScript* is rather elegant (and good for the problem that it’s solving). The *Browser DOM* that lets you interact with web pages is a bit kludgy at times, and different from browser to browser.
But once you have a nice JavaScript library to abstract the browser stuff, it’s really a pleasure to work with.
I don’t think anyone was more surprised than me. :)
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They’re much more similar than you’d think at first. They have a very similar functions-are-objects-are-data-are-everything-you-need-to-do-anything and dynamic binding approach to doing things.
I never progressed beyond the do-simple-things-you-saw-in-a-tutorial stage with Javascript. I’ve always heard Javascript described as a kludgy language that everyone deals with just because it’s a web standard. While I don’t doubt you, it really surprises me to hear you compare it to the elegance of Scheme. :)
*JavaScript* is rather elegant (and good for the problem that it’s solving). The *Browser DOM* that lets you interact with web pages is a bit kludgy at times, and different from browser to browser.
But once you have a nice JavaScript library to abstract the browser stuff, it’s really a pleasure to work with.
I don’t think anyone was more surprised than me. :)