> Javascript was a success because of its dynamism and simplicity.
Javascript was a success only because of its ubiquity, and by the time that happened, most implementations still couldn't even agree on fundamental properties of its implementation (is there really such a thing as a simple, while still practical programming language?).
It basically lived under a rock for the first 10 years of life, until rich web clients really started getting pushed, at which point it was the only even vaguely vendor-neutral plugin-free option around.
Javascript was a success only because of its ubiquity, and by the time that happened, most implementations still couldn't even agree on fundamental properties of its implementation (is there really such a thing as a simple, while still practical programming language?).
It basically lived under a rock for the first 10 years of life, until rich web clients really started getting pushed, at which point it was the only even vaguely vendor-neutral plugin-free option around.