> Well, JS is used because it's the only way to run code on a client system. Not sure what you mean by this - I guess you're assuming the "client system" is al

> Well, JS is used because it's the only way to run code on a client system. Not sure what you mean by this - I guess you're assuming the "client system" is always a web browser? Currently, I'm writing code for a piece of middleware that is a client to a server that models networking equipment. This client then pushes hundreds of thousands of responses into a fast message queue. None of this is written in JS.