Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread John D Jones III
On 12/09/13 21:13, Nicholas Leippe wrote: Don't forget Clojurescript--all the power of clojure compiled into es5 javascript. Very interesting IMO. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ To be perfectly ho

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Leippe
Don't forget Clojurescript--all the power of clojure compiled into es5 javascript. Very interesting IMO. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Gentoo goods and bads (was: What's your favorite distro, and why?

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Leippe
> I used a script that would emerge the packages that needed specific USE flags on their own command lines You're doing it wrong. Set use flags for individual packages in /etc/portage/packing.use Don't do: # USE=foo emerge bar *that's* asking for trouble. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Eric Wald
On Mon, Dec 9, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Eric Wald wrote: > >> The good news is that asynchronous primitives are much easier to treat >> as a synchronous system than synchronous primitives are to morph into >> asynch systems; the latter often involves either threads or

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Levi Pearson
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Eric Wald wrote: > Functional programming is the notion that functions (almost) never have > side effects. Think Haskell. It makes mathematicians happy, because it > enables them to prove that programs are correct, but it requires even > more brain warping and p

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Levi Pearson
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 7:41 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > One thing that I admit I am struggling with, is the idea of functions not > returning values. Obviously, this isn't a limitation in the language > itself and more a matter of style. But it seems like most of the libs I'm > working with want

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Levi Pearson
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:37 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Now don't get me wrong. I'm hardly a javascript noob. I was writing > Ajax-like website helpers scripts before we ever coined the terms Comet or > Ajax. Nevertheless I've always viewed it as a tool for making shiny bits > and/or using it

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Dave Smith
I read that back in 2007, and I was surprised at the time, but he was right. —Dave On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Mike Moore wrote: > Anyone remember this? > > http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > >> Yes indee

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Barry Roberts
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Mike Moore wrote: > Anyone remember this? > > http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html > > I don't know if I read that back in 2007, but it's pretty good. I'm especially inclined to agree with his assessment of D. It is too bad that D hasn't

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-09 Thread Mike Moore
Anyone remember this? http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > Yes indeed. The evolution of JavaScript from red-headed stepchild to its > present state has been a surprising journey. > > I predict a day in the not-too-di