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Are there other languages that suffer from this? I think Python, Erlang, Ruby at least seem to have escaped the fate so far.

The upside of the JS transformation into just another compiler target is that there is little reason to use JS as the source language, IMO. These JSVM languages do suffer from the same problems to varying degrees.

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A major difference is that JS developers have little control over the runtime of their users, while all these other languages and especially compiled languages do. JS is a special case because it's the sole supported language of browsers, which all implement it differently—that comes with a unique layer of complexity.

Python has "eggs" and "wheels" and many headaches involving them.

They most of the time work though. Except for a python environment + python version, not much is required to work with it.

There is no package.json, typescript, flow, javascript mix, with tens of things configured which change frequently.

Also continuing to work on a python project after a year often is not much of a hassle.

That being said: virtualenvs still seem to be complex matter, especially when you are a beginner.

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