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Javascript is, without exaggeration (and with much chagrin), the language that has done more to popularize functional programming than any other programming language in history. It's only natural that they'd continue pushing on that front. :P



Second most after spreadsheets


Yes I took a functional programming course with Racket. But in hindsight Javascript made me appreciate and understand functional programming way more.


This was by accident though.




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