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- Subject: Re: Porting a Javascript program
- From: Tony Finch <dot@...>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:28:13 +0000
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Eike Decker wrote:
>
> JavaScript: The Good Parts
> Unearthing the Excellence in JavaScript By Douglas Crockford
>
> The book is quite good and I wouldn't say that JavaScript and Lua are so
> alike - actually, they are quite different.
I also like Crockford's book.
Lua and Javascript are more similar to each other than they are to any
other languages, despite their differences. Their similarities are:
lexical closures, fairly conventional syntax, dynamic typing,
prototype-based objects, designed for embedding in larger apps.
Tony.
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