"To someone used to the mathematical rigour of typed functional languages, this is patently false, just check out brian lonsdorf "As far as I know, the succes

"To someone used to the mathematical rigour of typed functional languages, this is patently false, just check out brian lonsdorf "As far as I know, the success of JavaScript had nothing to do with its qualities as a language. It was timing and market forces. It was there, so people used it." i would wager this is largely true