One of our senior devs was telling me today that javascript actually started out as a lisp (complete with s-expressions), I am wondering if that is factual and if so, could I get a reference to where this is stated?
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THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE. Question says nothing about javascript and s-expressions explicitly. – Tyler Gillies Jan 26 '15 at 21:42
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1javascript is an ecmascript. – Emil L Jan 26 '15 at 21:43
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1I'm not asking if javascript IS a lisp. I'm asking if it WAS a lisp. it's right in the title people – Tyler Gillies Jan 26 '15 at 21:44
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I googled "history of Javascript", but none of the pages I checked have any details about the original syntax. – Barmar Jan 26 '15 at 21:46
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@Barmar Im sceptical of his assertion, that's why I'm asking here. Hopefully someone might have some inside info on the history. Or maybe what he heard is apocryphal. – Tyler Gillies Jan 26 '15 at 21:47
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2Something like this is probably better asked somewhere more specific: https://esdiscuss.org/ . Or mail Brendan Eich directly, he will probably answer you. – Felix Kling Jan 26 '15 at 21:52
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1This part of one of Crockford's lectures may also be relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg#t=1h36m54s – Paul S. Jan 26 '15 at 21:52
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@PaulS. Nice link, thanks – Tyler Gillies Jan 26 '15 at 21:58
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@TylerGillies "Chapter 2" goes into it in a bit more detail than the really brief bit at the end of "Chapter 1", if you don't mind watching a lecture – Paul S. Jan 26 '15 at 22:03