>> [..] which in my personal opinion is just weird and probably unnecessary most of the time. If an alternative language that compiles down to JavaScript is mu

>> [..] which in my personal opinion is just weird and probably unnecessary most of the time. If an alternative language that compiles down to JavaScript is much cleaner and safer, and isn't compromised by the myriad of idiosyncrasies that bug JavaScript, then I think it definitely has its merits. I really, honestly and adamantly despise JavaScript, probably because I used to write lots of JavaScript years ago in the IE4 age. Back then, nobody would even think about using JavaScript for anything but simple scripts embedded on webpages, that was what the language was designed for, and about the only thing it was capable of. It was slow, badly documented, lacking in features and it promoted terrible program design. A lot has changed in the mean time and while I haven't been writing any JavaScript since somewhere around the year 2000, I recognize that the language is now pretty capable and fast. But it still lugs around a hideous legacy that -as far as I'm concerned- can't die soon enough to be replaced by something better, running on the same VM. Any alternative that hides the ugly wart that modern JavaScript grew out of, while we're waiting for a real and native replacement, is more than welcome.