[feedjoelpie]

Solidity's relationship to JavaScript is negligible and way overplayed in its marketing. Similarities are entirely superficial.

[cslarson]

This 100%. I think this becomes evident almost as soon as one tries to do any smart contract coding. It's an entirely different paradigm with considerations that dwarf anything about language syntax and style. In fact I think these considerations are very non-trivial to grasp.

[jjn2009]

I agree, the syntax being similar doesn't really mean much for similarity when it comes to actually solving problems.