> Javascript is not such a bad language, I use it directly when doing meteor.js development, but I think the future is better languages like Clojure, Haskell, S

> Javascript is not such a bad language, I use it directly when doing meteor.js development, but I think the future is better languages like Clojure, Haskell, Scala, etc. transpiling to Javascript. Honestly I think this has been the 'future' for a long time now, and I still don't see it happening anytime soon. Clojurescript as a language was announced in mid 2011, NodeJS came on the seen in late 2009. Both were languages never or barely used in their respective domains (server vs client side), but NodeJS has clearly had way more adoption on the server side then Clojurescript ever has had on the client. Unless we get significant browser buy in for other languages (aka not just Chrome) and much better tooling I don't think any transpiled language is ever going to go beyond the minor niches they fill. And I say all this as a huge Scala fanboy, having used it for years in a professional way, and being very interested in ScalaJS. There simply isn't a language that has the buy in and following Javascript has been able to develop.