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		patrickc on Sept 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “I hate almost all software” — Ryan Dahl If it ain't got macros, then it ain't a Lisp. Javascript is definitely no Lisp, but I really like that it allows function composition, which is somehow reminiscent of a Lisp. f(g(h(x))); instead of (f (g (h x)))

eurleif on Sept 30, 2011 [–]

Um, pretty much every C-derived language supports function composition, and uses that syntax for it. Am I missing something?

patrickc on Sept 30, 2011 | [–]

You're right. I meant to say passing first-class functions as arguments, rather than pointers to functions as you would in C or an object method as you would in Java.

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