Ah Python, you have spoiled me for all other languages

[Michael Torrie]

On 05/22/2015 05:00 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> writes:
>> the impression I get after a couple of hours is that Javascript tries
>> really hard to do everything it can for you except what you actually want.
> 
> Javascript is like C++ in that it's a lot of layers of legacy cruft, but
> if you ignore the ugly parts, the good parts that are left are fine to
> program in, though there are still stupid issues of type confusion.
> 
> If you like Haskell you should look at Purescript (purescript.org),
> which is a Haskell-resembling language with strict evaluation, designed
> to compile straightforwardly into Javascript and interoperate with it.
> Several other backends are also available or in progress.

Or if you are a rare one that likes Python, you can use PyJS, which
translates Python into Javascript.