Classes and modules in almost any other modern language are much easier to read and write. Ruby, python, heck even php are better than JS. That's my real issue

Classes and modules in almost any other modern language are much easier to read and write. Ruby, python, heck even php are better than JS. That's my real issue with JS. If we had a browser that had lots of languages baked into it, none of use would choose to use JS ;) node.js would never have been invented...