> On a related note: I'm so bummed that this is the trend in languages. Just so bummed. Python and Ruby are really nice languages. To have to switch from that t

> On a related note: I'm so bummed that this is the trend in languages. Just so bummed. Python and Ruby are really nice languages. To have to switch from that to Javascript feels like a big step back in developer happiness. Speaking as a Python developer who needed to pick up JS and maintain two Ember codebases this year, getting to know JS has actually been a pleasure. I was dreading it and I cursed it for a while. But using ES6 with Ember has been... pretty nice. There are objectively bad parts of it - some that are historical baggage, others that are just unfortunate (undefined and null!!). Oddities aside, I find it nimble and fun. I like Douglas Crockford's characterization of JS as "a LISP in C's clothing".