I think almost any thing is better than js. At least it is popular due to its actual developer's. People use it because they like it and its ecosystem was grown

I think almost any thing is better than js. At least it is popular due to its actual developer's. People use it because they like it and its ecosystem was grown by them, not force of a dumb decision in 90's or company backup. Both performance and ecosystem are not characteristics of language. they are due to being the only language is being supported in browser. (hint: I won't use python for web) Also comparing languages based on syntax and ecosystem is not very clever idea.