Re^4: The first lambda language to go mainstream ?

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Perlscript, VBscript, TCL, ...

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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Re^5: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 11, 2010 at 15:00 UTC
perlscript is NOT mainstream, neither is VBscript (VB might be), don't know about TCL	[reply]
Re^6: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by CountZero (Bishop) on Aug 11, 2010 at 17:00 UTC
Sorry, I wasn't clear: I was answering the assertion "JS got a lot more attention because you simply can't use any other language to script sites.", which is clearly incorrect. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re^7: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 11, 2010 at 19:33 UTC
You may write scripts in those language, but they won't work for lack of support. As such, you can't use them in web sites. Sure, you could in closed systems, but that's not really the web.	[reply]
Re^8: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by CountZero (Bishop) on Aug 11, 2010 at 22:25 UTC
Re^9: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 11, 2010 at 22:34 UTC
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Re^5: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by Fox (Pilgrim) on Aug 11, 2010 at 15:20 UTC
sorry, but making sites only for IE won't do it anymore. Never heard of using TCL before, but as far as I searched it's only usable through a plugin, no good either.	[reply]
Re^6: The first lambda language to go mainstream ? by CountZero (Bishop) on Aug 11, 2010 at 17:03 UTC
Why would a plug-in disqualify it? Flash needs a plug-in and it is considered mainstream. I do agree TCL is not mainstream, but that was not the point: I only wanted to show that there are other scripts than JavaScript one can use in a webpage. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]

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