(One needs some form of browser normalization so that modern features works, no-one is doubting that).
Related: [jQuery library critique][2]
// Lack of tail call optimization in JS | |
var sum = function(x, y) { | |
return y > 0 ? sum(x + 1, y - 1) : | |
y < 0 ? sum(x - 1, y + 1) : | |
x | |
} | |
sum(20, 100000) // => RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded | |
// Using workaround |