RE: [GD-General] JavaScript as a scripting language

[Brian H. <bri...@py...>]

> Given Python and Lua (and especially given that you've 
> already used Lua, IIRC) why would you want to use anything else --
especially 
> JavaScript?

Python is extremely large, relatively speaking, and I dislike its
syntax.  Lua has a significant problem with its garbage collector being
fairly old fashioned and unpredictable in execution duration.

JavaScript has a lot of things about it that I like, and given that it
satisfies all the check list items when it comes to scripting, I'm
mostly curious why it's not more prevalent.

I don't see anything particularly wrong with its syntax or design, and
in fact I kind of like prototype based languages.

Brian