“Good programmers don't just write programs. They build a working vocabulary.” (Guy L. Steele Jr)…
Means of abstraction
"When somebody tells you 'I have a new programming language', you should not ask: 'How many characters does it take to invert a matrix?'; that is irrelevant, what you should say is: 'if the language does not come with matrices built-in, how can I build them and what are…
Language usage
"Grammar and vocabulary are property of the language alone, but usage is characteristic of a community that uses it." (G. L. Steele Jr.)…
On the nature of JavaScript
JavaScript is a functional, object-oriented programming language (Douglas Crockford)…