Part of JS's popularity is definitely politics... the fact it's in the browser gives it a huge shot in the arm. It's a decent language, though. Here's a compar

Part of JS's popularity is definitely politics... the fact it's in the browser gives it a huge shot in the arm. It's a decent language, though. Here's a comparison of JS to Ruby for some of the stuff people generally love Ruby for. JS comes out looking pretty decent. http://fingernailsinoatmeal.com/post/292301859/metaprogramming-ruby-vs-javascript http://fingernailsinoatmeal.com/post/292301859/metaprogrammi...