On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 09:49:48 Martin Akolo Chiteri via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

I also think that pointers do not exist in JS or if they do, they are not very useful. Most high level languages abstract them away for you.

In my opinion, the power of JavaScript comes from its functional programming facilities and its prototypal inheritance abilities (I don't even know what that means ;-) )

Martin.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
There's the weird and confusing point where JS assumes pointers do not exist....

On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 08:26:14 Martin Akolo Chiteri via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Sorry for playing the devil's advocate, at least in the more recent past. Provocative thoughts: http://prog21.dadgum.com/203.html

Same proposal by the creator of jQuery, john Resig, three years ago: http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-as-a-first-language/

Martin.
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