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goatlover on Oct 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? [video]

JS isn't really a functional language, it's an imperative, prototype-based language with partial functional support that allows multiple coding styles, like most of the popular scripting languages.

blain_the_train on Oct 17, 2019 [–]

Yes. Which is why I said it's not functional. Because of a marketing choice.

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