I am reminded of "Worse Is Better" [1]: The good news is that in 1995 we will have a good operating system and programming language; the bad news is that t

I am reminded of "Worse Is Better" [1]: The good news is that in 1995 we will have a good operating system and programming language; the bad news is that they will be Unix and C++. Javascript seems to exhibit much of Gabriel's "New Jersey approach". [1] http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html