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		Suor on June 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Every Language Needs Its Underscore It doesn't need direct port. But it can take advantage borrowing ideas or library design principles.

heydenberk on June 22, 2014 [–]

I won't belabor the point, but I think these concepts in Python (and Ruby) influenced the design of Underscore, not vice versa.

tel on June 22, 2014 | [–]

Or that they all took influence from a bunch of languages from the 70s like Lisps and MLs

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