[kofman]

Agreed, it's a terrible language. Among other things, it makes it way too easy to write code which many people will read as being correct, but will actually be subtly incorrect.

A few of the weakest parts:

- for (var x in y) when used for array iteration or even dict iteration; hasOwnProperty? Really?

- x[obj] = y; seriously, did i really want '[Object object]' as my key?

- the choice of function level scope over block level scope

[Xcelerate]

I'm not sure function level scope over block level is a bad thing. It makes it more Lisp-y. And if you want block level scope, it's about as easy as (in CoffeeScript):

    do ->
        ... local variables right here ...

[munificent]

> I'm not sure function level scope over block level is a bad thing. It makes it more Lisp-y.

Lisp has block scope.

[Xcelerate]

Well, it can have both...

[Evbn]

Example?

Can you write Lisp like this?

Function for(){ f(x); var x = 2; }

Compiles and runs with f(undefined)

[kofman]

It might be nice to make a canonical list of things which suck about JavaScript.

https://hackpad.com/spTEgxqvFYj#Things-That-Suck-About-JavaS...