[aklug] Re: JavaScript... weird stuff

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On Dec 3, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>
wrote:

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> Is it just me, or is JavaScript one of the oddest languages to ever
> make
> the top ten list of most popular programming languages?
>
> - From wikipedia:
>
> "dynamic typing
> As in most scripting languages, types are associated with values,
> not variables. For example, a variable x could be bound to a number,
> then later rebound to a string. JavaScript supports various ways to
> test
> the type of an object, including duck typing. . . .
>
> "object based
> JavaScript is almost entirely object-based. JavaScript objects are
> associative arrays, augmented with prototypes . . .
>
> "run-time evaluation
> JavaScript includes an eval function that can execute statements
> provided as strings at run-time. . .
>
> "first-class functions
> Functions are first-class; they are objects themselves. As such,
> they have properties and can be passed around and interacted with like
> any other object. . . .
>
> "inner functions and closures
> Inner functions (functions defined within other functions) are
> created each time the outer function is invoked, and variables of the
> outer functions for that invocation continue to exist as long as the
> inner functions still exist, even after that invocation is finished
> (e.g. if the inner function was returned, it still has access to the
> outer function's variables) . . .
>
> "prototypes
> JavaScript uses prototypes instead of classes for inheritance. It
> is
> possible to simulate many class-based features with prototypes in
> JavaScript. . . .
>
> "functions as methods
> Unlike many object-oriented languages, there is no distinction
> between a function definition and a method definition. Rather, the
> distinction occurs during function calling; a function can be called
> as
> a method. When a function is called as a method of an object, the
> function's local this keyword is bound to that object for that
> invocation.. . . ."
>
> And let's not get started on event handling! It is interesting that
> JavaScript was originally supposed to be aimed at non-programmer
> types... but JavaScript programming is probably the only programming
> I've ever done where I had almost no idea what was going on in my code
> the entire time!
>
> - --
> Christopher Howard
> http://indicium.us
> http://theologia.indicium.us
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Received on Thu Dec 3 18:04:05 2009