[...] For a “simple” language, Javascript is amazingly deep. Learning how to use a language with closures and runtime function generation just takes a shift in thinking from anything else I’ve done. The whole concept of memoization is just amazing. I think I’ve fallen off the strong-typing bandwagon. Oh if Bart could see me now… [...]
Oliver Steele lives in Western Massachusetts and commutes to downtown LA, where he is bringing an operating system from handwaving to reality. He was the architect of OpenLaszlo, the author of PyWordNet and other open source projects. His interests include programming languages, knowledge representation, information visualization, and math education. [more]
[...] For a “simple” language, Javascript is amazingly deep. Learning how to use a language with closures and runtime function generation just takes a shift in thinking from anything else I’ve done. The whole concept of memoization is just amazing. I think I’ve fallen off the strong-typing bandwagon. Oh if Bart could see me now… [...]