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by nomel 3622 days ago
Not knowing anything about this, is the end effect the same?
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The effect is that, if you want to reason about JavaScript programs, you can't carry out your reasoning in JavaScript itself, but rather have to use an external metalanguage - ideally something like Hoare logic, but, realistically, usually an informal, insufficiently understood, even insufficiently defined language, like English.

OTOH, a Haskeller can reason about Haskell programs by just evaluating Haskell expressions.