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I think it is more accurately described as a superset of javascript, Just as C++ is(nt) a superset of C.

It is neither. It is another language which can be interpreted from JS through a library.

The difference in the semantics of «==» is an example. Also, it does not have things that JS has, and has other things JS doesn't.

Or as Objective-C is a superset of C.