[ricoshady]

It isn't absurd, Javascript is everywhere and it is shipping on almost every new device. That isn't shared by many other languages except C and C++. It is even showing up outside of webdev all together, mobile and server side. I definitely agree it won't replace systems programming, and where native speed and performance is paramount, it'll struggle there too. But it will progressively infringe on those spaces, including games and other types of programming. The business need for a language that can be used on so many platforms will be hard to resist, impossible to resist. And the fringe cases where other development is needed will become more niche and competitive, while JS will flourish with opportunity for some time to come.