Because as we all know, code written in C can't ever crash or suffer from memory leaks. I don't think anyone's advocating JS for life-and-death use cases. It's

Because as we all know, code written in C can't ever crash or suffer from memory leaks. I don't think anyone's advocating JS for life-and-death use cases. It's all about the right tool for the job, there's no reason to write off any particular language or environment a priori.