> "I actually don't think JavaScript (particularly on the server) is a very good language at all. Blasphemy, I know." That's a relatively common sentiment here

> "I actually don't think JavaScript (particularly on the server) is a very good language at all. Blasphemy, I know." That's a relatively common sentiment here, and I agree that JavaScript isn't that great a language. In fact I would argue that it has so many warts, so many problems that if it weren't for its first-mover advantage in the browser space, JavaScript would be dead by now.