Well, they asked why someone would use JS if there were other options, and I'm saying that I don't think Ruby nor Python are better languages than JS. Part of t

Well, they asked why someone would use JS if there were other options, and I'm saying that I don't think Ruby nor Python are better languages than JS. Part of that is due to their bolt-on async vs JS async everything, part of that is due to TS, but there's more. For example, you bring up Python's collection comprehensions, but I could easily point out Python's gimped lambda support and thus poor FP abstractions and the need for a special comprehension abstraction. I don't think it's worth arguing about. But I had to chime in before someone thinks there really are no objective nor subjective reasons why someone might prefer Javascript. I do. > then [X] is the best. Btw, there is no best. There are only trade-offs. One of my points is that you can't say something is the best. The only thing you can do is enumerate the trade-offs that made sense for you, and much of that is only personal/aesthetic.