Personally, I like that it’s more command-line friendly than Java, although I don’t trust TS as much as Java’s simpler type system
Personally, I like that it’s more command-line friendly than Java, although I don’t trust TS as much as Java’s simpler type system
Function as first class data was pretty great (lambdas) far ahead of other languages used in 1999.
Asynchrony / event loop to get to non-blocking was / is a huge leap.
Like it or no, it’s pretty much English: a polyglot, imprecise, syncretic mish-mash that’s absolutely everywhere. Many arguments against it are some sort of rehash of “But how will they communicate well without learning Latin?!” I love Latin and know Latin, ut the fact that kids in Delhi are rapping (!) in Hinglish suggests that English’s promiscuity is a virtue. Same for JS.