Comment on On Leaky Abstractions and Objective-JparentComments−drwh017yAnd again, since Objective-J is a proper superset of JavaScriptreally? what can it do that js can't do?−docmach17yBeing a superset of JavaScript doesn't mean it can do more, it just means that all valid JavaScript is valid Objective-J.−jorgeortiz8517yRead his first sentence again:"There is also the issue that implementing things like method_missing and import are prohibitively difficult without new syntax."−drwh017y"difficult" has nothing to do with the power of languagesTeX macros are fundamentally as expressive as java.
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And again, since Objective-J is a proper superset of JavaScript
really? what can it do that js can't do?
Being a superset of JavaScript doesn't mean it can do more, it just means that all valid JavaScript is valid Objective-J.
Read his first sentence again:
"There is also the issue that implementing things like method_missing and import are prohibitively difficult without new syntax."
"difficult" has nothing to do with the power of languages
TeX macros are fundamentally as expressive as java.