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A scripting language isn't necessary if you just want to throw a page together. It's only really necessary for today's web-as-an-application-platform model. If

• laumars 8y ago
  That's a massive oversimplification and you know it. + Just because something isnt "necessary" it doesn't mean it doesn't add value. The problem is just sites that make JS a requirement rather than an optional feature enhancement. + Youre talking about stuff from a too recent perspective. Eg Before CSS came into its own, JS was the only reliable way to do mouse over effects (which can add a lot to usability even on regular web pages) + Just because JS is abused on current news sites, blogs and other sites that are really just static pages, it doesn't mean that Scheme wouldn't have been abused in the same way. + You also wouldn't see fewer developers writing frontend code. They would just use a transpiler (like we see with TypeScript et al) except instead of compiling from a stricter language (in TypeScripts case) it would transpile from a lazier language into a stricter one. + Or instead of the previous point (though more likely as well as) you'd still have a non-scheme language in the browser. Possibly even VBScript. Or maybe something derived from Perl. But I guess at least we wouldn't have a language monopoly on browser scripting languages. Honestly though, I hate JavaScript just as much as you do. But let's not get carried away with our exaggerations :)