As another developer with 10 years of C++ experience, this attitude bothers me too. There are clearly domains where scripting languages are inappropriate (e.g.

As another developer with 10 years of C++ experience, this attitude bothers me too. There are clearly domains where scripting languages are inappropriate (e.g. HFT), but that's no reason to blame the entire language. I made the switch to JavaScript about two years ago and I find the language quite pleasant and versatile (as long as its not abused or cargo-culted).