JS doesn't cause spontaneous seppuku. For all it got wrong, there's a surprising amount it got right. Like lexical closures, lambdas, and OO (mostly). You know,

JS doesn't cause spontaneous seppuku. For all it got wrong, there's a surprising amount it got right. Like lexical closures, lambdas, and OO (mostly). You know, the big stuff. OTOH, Java makes me want to stab myself repeatedly. It's literally less pleasant than assembler. It's object-oriented COBOL with a pretty face.