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		BalinKing on Oct 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eslisp – An S-expression syntax for ECMAScript/Jav... At least in my personal experience, I strongly disagree that "lambda" is archaic... admittedly it might just be me (or maybe my specific background as a Haskeller), but I call anonymous functions "lambdas" all the time.

sriku on Oct 28, 2020 [–]

There is enough justice done to the term in Haskell. Won't blame you for it. But other languages aren't on the same footing.

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