Baby's 1st Scheme

So what's the big deal with scheme. It seems to lack a bunch of basic features found in modern languages like Javascript. Like FOR EACH loops, asynchronous events, and JSON. Is there a modern version of LISP that has those built in stuff.

I am only learning scheme because of SICP. What are LIST and MACROs in scheme and why is it considered so powerful. Also, can one of you explain to me what "my other CAR is a CDR" means. Why do people claim that LISP is the building blocks of the universe. So many questions.

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What is HTML5 and WEBGL in Javascript and why are they considered SO POWERFUL?

They are half-assed languages that happen to run on a virtual machine that's available in virtually every computing device ever and no installation is needed. That's what's so ``powerful'' about them.

Is there a dirty old joseph version of Javascript that has those built in stuff, cunts?

Yes, many languages try to extend and hide the shittiness of JavaScript under a layer of syntatic sugar. Try CoffeeScript or TypeScript.

why everybody obfuscates their javascript code so it looks like unreadable garbage?

This is the closed source version of web programming. In many cases it's also used to minimize the size of the script to avoid wasting bandwidth.

Why do people claim Javascript is the building blocks of the WORLD WIDE WEB?

For the same reason I stated in my first answer.

Thank you for reminding me, I'll bump the Lispweb thread.