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by jonbeebe 772 days ago
That's a pretty apt comparison I'd say.

However, with JavaScript you have to avoid the old/outdated language constructs, and some warts need to remain, since browsers still need to support old websites. Perhaps in the future we can specify "ECMAScript version" (similar to perl) so old stuff can be thrown away and the VM can optimize without having to worry as much about backwards compatibility.