I didn't make any value judgments. Note the absence of the words “good” and “bad” in my previous comment. Back on the original topic. What I said is that JavaS

I didn't make any value judgments. Note the absence of the words “good” and “bad” in my previous comment. Back on the original topic. What I said is that JavaScript is complex, not that it's bad. It may well be the case that JavaScript's complexity is essential for solving the problems it tries to solve. But you can't deny that the complexity exists. And you can't just wish existing language features out of existence, because the meaning of your code is given by what others can do with it. In short: JavaScript probably has some simple subset. But, then, so does C++, famously.