> To me the main webdev languages look about the same when it comes to the major features that have a noticeable impact on a project. e.g: few projects are affe

> To me the main webdev languages look about the same when it comes to the major features that have a noticeable impact on a project. e.g: few projects are affected by the lack of closures Someone needs to read Paul Graham's essay about "the blub paradox" I can tell you that the quality and ease of use of your web framework/libraries is highly affected by the lack of closures and other higher level language features. Even if you don't use them, your library developers have more tools and more flexibility.