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Evolving JavaScript with Douglas Crockford
Software Engineering Daily
The Evolution of Programming Languages
This chapter explores the speaker's career shift from game development to founding Electric Communities, highlighting the journey of the programming language E. It contrasts the classical inheritance of Java and C++ with JavaScript's functional programming model, emphasizing the advantages of closures and composition. The discussion reflects on JavaScript's evolution and its rising prominence in the programming world, while also expressing concerns about its potential overcomplication.
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