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I agree with you in concept, but the Web is actually not strictly tied to javascript. In the short term (say, next decade), JS is probably not going anywhere, but in the longer term I hope someone creates a more well-thought-out replacement. (And for the record, I kind of like javascript, just a few things I would change with it.)

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Yes, like a proper VM that we can compile our preferred language to. It is ridiculous that the "language of the web" is something that is forced upon us instead of chosen. The number of languages that compile to JS illustrate the point nicely.

The likelihood of Javascript becoming non-dominant in the next 20 years is pretty low, I think. Rather than replacing it wholesale, you'll simply see it turn into something better over time.

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