[mattbriggs]

Brandon Eich on twitter (or in comments here) will also say that it is his opinion, and he recognizes that it seems to work pretty well for the NPM guys, but maybe it is just because they are such great devs, he doesn't see it scaling down that well.

And google is well known for terrible quality javascript. http://www.sitepoint.com/google-closure-how-not-to-write-jav...

And finally, Crockfords reasoning about things like this seems based on the presumption that js developers are drooling idiots. For example, he recommends against using the new keyword for object creation in javascript, even though object factories can often be a huge waste of memory, because dumb javascript developers may forget to use the new keyword at times when they want to instantiate objects.

I am not saying you shouldn't listen to smart people, but I am saying that you should actually learn the reasons they say the things they do, and use your own brain when making choices.