[gorjusborg]

I'd say javascript is the new Perl (I used to love writing perl way back). It is undoubtedly useful, but can be horrific to read. It is heavily used to get things done in a pragmatic way.

The difference I see is that it will not likely die as quickly and quietly due to how distributed the code is.

[ElfinTrousers]

Now that you mention it, the resemblance is pretty clear. I also have to admit that I agree that we probably are stuck with it for the future. There are languages I think much more highly of that compile to WASM, and that's a technique that I plan to use and that I anticipate gaining traction. But there's just so much JS around.