[brailsafe]

Pretty sure it's them. My manager once inquired why a refactor I was working on was taking so long, and articulated it as "I don't understand what's taking so long, by comparison, Brendan Eich created javascript in two weeks". I was taken aback in the moment, because it had to be easily one of the most petulant, absurd, and frankly idiotic comments I've ever received from a manager. I said "ok" and left a gap of silence for him to fill, then explained the complexity of the nature of getting this particular thing working perfectly (which was what was demanded despite apparently being "agile"), to which he subsequently ignored, as he did with numerous pleas for space to focus and deal with my own mental health issues while still serving my duties. I ended up getting laid off, and I'm much happier, fuck that guy.

[lozenge]

Wow, imagine where we would be now if Brendan Eich had taken another two weeks to really make javascript better.

[TeMPOraL]

Then maybe it would be what it was supposed to be - a Lisp.

AFAIR, JS looks the way it does, because the business side wanted to ride on the hype Java was generating.