JavaScript is remarkably similar to Scheme in many ways (though it is missing continuations and the advanced numerical system of Scheme).
From "ECMAScript Language Overview" (PDF). 2007-10-23. pp. 4. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
ES3 is a simple, highly dynamic,
object-based language that takes its
major ideas from the languages Self
and Scheme. The programming style is a
mixture of object-based and functional
programming: The primary abstraction
mechanisms in ES3 are lexically scoped
higher-order functions and mutable
objects ...
