orokana otaku Nihongo wa suu

There are some mistakes, like new and constructor functions, sure, but that's true of every language. Overall, however, it's a brilliant design -- as evidenced by the features it popularly introduced being added to more traditional languages like C# and Java.

Pop-sci crap.

Not to put too fine a point on it, right?

I don't blame you. It's a pretty disgusting display.

My opinion is irrelevant. An objective analysis of the claims made in each article should be sufficient for you to determine their quality. I seem to recall suggesting that you do exactly that, though I suspect that you haven't yet.

Pragmas are hacks now?

Isn't that a good thing? We use programming languages to make writing programs easier, after all.

I honestly have no idea how 'easy to use' became such a horrible thing. I get the whole 'you end up maintaining some amateurs crummy code' thing, sure. However, I've also seen enough inexcusably awful code from seasoned developers to put any stock in that argument.

He's only saying that because it's true.

It never was. That site is laughably bad. Most people puzzled that out years ago. It's time to let it go.

I'm not sold on node myself, but I'm pretty sure the guys at PayPal, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dow Jones, etc. just might be capable of making an informed decision.

I get it, you don't like javascript. Well, at least you don't think you like it -- it's pretty cool right now (on slashdot) to believe that it's irredeemably bad, so I'm not sure if you've actually formed your own opinion after taking the time to learn the language or not. Few people actually do take the time, after all, and not too many of those retain their simple black-and-white view afterward. Fewer still retain an overall negative opinion.

Even if you're one of those on the outside edge of the bell-curve, that believe alone isn't sufficient to convince others that the language is completely useless for a broad range of applications to which it is already being successfully applied.

It would, except for every conceivable use case.

I also enjoyed that movie. So much, in fact, that I watched a few other documentaries about fonts.

This is Slashdot so I'm thinking 'fleshlight'.