[skydhash]

The web is merely a small interface substrate. Spread wide sure, but the bulk of the work is shouldered by the backend. I think if there’s a true winner of the web era, it is languages like Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, and Python. There are many codebases tied to those more than they are tied to the UI written in JavaScript.

[sublinear]

That's like saying the bulk of all writing ever printed to page was shouldered by the ink (or what about the felled trees; maybe the logging company?). It completely misses the point.