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> no developer worth a damn would ever use

There are a lot of junior developers across the world in different economic situations who might. To think otherwise is just arrogance. Think students, freshers, job-seekers switching industries.

In other words, if your programming language makes it easy for you to shoot yourself in the foot, then it isn't a good programming language to begin with.

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Sorry but there is no perfect programming language, there isn't even one that doesn't confuse "students, freshers, job-seekers switching industries". This magical perfect programming language you seem to think exists simply doesn't exist. In fact, Javascript is far easier than most languages for people new to programming to learn. It was designed that way, and it works well in that role. Invariably, it's only people trying to be gatekeepers are the ones who try to shit on javascript, especially by citing "gotchas" which aren't even really "gotchas". People new to javascript and programming sure aren't the ones who try to shit on it.

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