> It's a DSL, not a general purpose programming language Sorry, but I fear that ship has sailed ;-) And I've heard JS was developed by someone who wanted to g

> It's a DSL, not a general purpose programming language Sorry, but I fear that ship has sailed ;-) And I've heard JS was developed by someone who wanted to give us Scheme (you can't go more general purpose than that) but had to resort to a more "friendly" java-syntax. IMHO javascript would be a great general purpose language if the ecosystem wouldn't be such a mess.