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I think JS is actually a radically simpler language than either Python or Ruby. Lua is a much closer comparison, and its certainly got a nice interpreter and JIT available.

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> I think JS is actually a radically simpler language than either Python or Ruby.

Why do you think that?

I'm not familiar with Python, but Ruby SEEMS a whole lot more complicated than JavaScript, in syntax and how you can manipulate code.

I probably agree with you, I was just wondering if there was some more concrete justification.

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