[ergothus]

JS bloat and abuse is very, very real - but the issue isn't JS itself but that the ASKS are bloat and abuse. In contrast with your example, the tool (C) is a bad choice for the job (secure systems). For Web, change the ask and the tool selection may very well change.

I'm a web dev since the 90s, and a JS dev for the last several years. I didn't start in JS, and when I'm asked to do different things I will move away from JS without a major fuss. I use it not because JS is my religious zealotry (though I'm not part of the "cool kids hate JS" club by any measure) but because JS is the least painful way to do what I'm being asked to do. Change what you ask, and I'll change my tool selection.

From this perspective, I don't find your example paralleling the situations to be highly applicable.