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		qwph on Sept 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This is the page that made doing OOP in Javascript... For some reason, nesting closures like that seems very reminiscent of how you'd implement objects in Scheme. So I guess there's some truth to the rumour that Javascript is basically Scheme with C syntax. Either that, or I've drunk too much coffee this morning...

silentbicycle on Sept 11, 2008 | [–]

You can do exactly the same thing in Lua, too.

LogicHoleFlaw on Sept 12, 2008 | [–]

Scheme with C syntax and the associative array (nee object literal) as the basic datatype. It's a powerful setup.

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