I don't know if that question is "interesting" so much as "impossible to answer" and "extremely contentious." :) But my personal answer is that I have, say, 50

I don't know if that question is "interesting" so much as "impossible to answer" and "extremely contentious." :) But my personal answer is that I have, say, 50% more fun writing CS than JS, so there are likely to be personal projects I write in CS that I just wouldn't have bothered with or would have lost steam on before. When you're doing something for the love of it, every moment that makes you think "dammit [Javascript], why are you making me do this?" is a potential moment to walk away and do something more fun. I (begrudge;every;semicolon) in an unnecessary for loop. So if other people are like me, I expect CS to bring new things to the world, not because it's 10% faster but because the 10% it's taking out was the boring part. If no one's like me, then I hereby award myself one Special Snowflake from the many falling outside my window. To put it another way: "The single most important lesson that people say they have learned from the Ruby programming language is a lesson that _Why’s work embodies in its code: Programming (or whatever you do) should be fun. There must be joy in your craft, and there is precious value in tinkering and playing around."[1] Whether CoffeeScript or wire-wrapping individual transistors lights up your eyes is up to you of course -- but we all benefit by giving creators tools they like. Sermon for today over. [1] http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/15/why-a-tale-of-a-post-modern-genius/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/15/why-a-tale-of-a-p...