I wrote my first actually-doing-something lines of code back in 2001 in JS, because unlike e.g. Pascal, JS (or actually JScirpt) would just run and not ask stup

I wrote my first actually-doing-something lines of code back in 2001 in JS, because unlike e.g. Pascal, JS (or actually JScirpt) would just run and not ask stupid questions about types or missing semicolons and required only a browser. 12-year-old me was very happy with such a low barrier to entry language, especially given that I didn't have an internet connection until years later, so I had to learn mostly via trial and error.