> I believe JS came here because it actually is the best language we have had in the web. It is the only language we have had in the web (modulo some minor exp

> I believe JS came here because it actually is the best language we have had in the web. It is the only language we have had in the web (modulo some minor experiments). The only reason it's popular in the browser is because it's the only choice at all. The only reason it is used on the server is because some folks are familiar with it from using (overusing IMHO, but that's a different rant) it in the browser and are not familiar with the advantages of using any other language. I've written this before, but sometimes in my most morose moment I like to imagine what the world might have been like had Brendan Eich been permitted to implement a Scheme instead. And I don't even like Scheme!