And most of the developments in Java, since 1.8, have been taking ideas from other languages (primarily Scala) to make the language better. Why is it ok for other languages to evolve but not Javascript?
Scala is a perfect example of an overly complex bloated mess with so many foot-guns I can't even begin to count them.
EDIT: I never said JS shouldn't evolve! JavaScript has evolved a ton! From better handling of asynchronous control-flow with promises and then async/await, to destructing, spreads, constant assignments, Map/Set objects, a number of other improvements I can't even begin to list. But none of these changes fundamentally changed JavaScript from being a dynamic weakly typed language.
I actually write a lot of Scala and beg to differ. The chances for bad developers to write bad code in Scala are higher than most other languages but what you might call foot-guns are actually elegant ways at solving complex problems.
A lot of these "problems" (implicits, enums, etc) were solved with Scala 3 too. Another example of a language evolving and becoming better based on community feedback and thoughtful iteration.
