> > Javascript is simply painful to use functionally. The verbosity of > anonymous functions, the lack of crucial HOFs like map/filter/reduce, the > lack of functional data structures, the lack of macros (not strictly a > "functional" feature, but especially useful with functional code)... You can > fix these to varying degrees with libraries; but in any case the overall > superiority of Clojure syntax and data structures must be obvious to anyone > interested in ClojureScript, since those are the sole advantages it provides > over Javascript. > > The verbosity of anonymous function (and much more) is fixed by CoffeeScript and Coco[1] and the lack of crucial HOFs is fixed by underscore.js
1: Coco is a CoffeeScript fork that fixes the main issues CoffeeScript have (example: CoffeeScript's scope is broken). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
