Comment It has to be something (Score 1) 338
Well it has to be something, What would people prefer it to be, smallpox?
JavaScript is a horrid language. Nonetheless, it's the only widely supported language for client-side browser code, so we're stuck with it there.
But why on Earth would anyone even consider running this abomination on a server, when there are many other, better languages designed specifically for server-side code?
Completely agree with everything you said, Efforts should be made to replace it with something better on the client side rather than helping it spread like some horrific cancer to the server side as well.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein