This is biased hokey. JavaScript is very fast for what it's built to do, and it keeps getting faster and used for more applications. Another problem is many Jav

This is biased hokey. JavaScript is very fast for what it's built to do, and it keeps getting faster and used for more applications. Another problem is many JavaScript programmers actually don't know how the language works. They think they know how to use it because the barrier to entry is so low. It is long past time that people start recognizing JavaScript as a real language and not some browser add on.