Comment by pacala

I've been recently wondering why something like Javascript/Typescript could not grow into the role.

* Ubiquitous.

* Not owned by a single corporation.

* Fairly performant runtime characteristics, with multiple implementations.

* Optional typing for quick explorations.

* Quite pleasant to use in its 2020 incarnation.

* The community has a proven process, tooling and track record of incrementally improving a language and its ecosystem.

Please don't shoot, I'm interested in constructive criticism.