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		thaumasiotes on July 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Lisp Failed (2010) Flash is scripted with a language eerily similar to JavaScript -- so similar that I assumed it was derived directly from JavaScript. In the hypothetical world where JavaScript was lisp... wouldn't Flash use that?

jhayward on July 8, 2019 [–]

I think you're probably referring to Actionscript, which came much later in Flash's evolution and was indeed very much similar to javascript.

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