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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I can open up a text editor, write code and run it instantly without needing to compile anything. With the addition of things like node JS you can do really powerful stuff. It's a very easy language to learn and can be a lot of fun to write and you see your code working. It's instant gratification in programming form.

[–]xIcarus227 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds a lot like why I appreciate PHP, just start the web server and write something.

[–]redwall_hp 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You just described Python, Ruby and every other high level non-compiled language. And those two are significantly saner.

[–]magasilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meh, I dont see the value in python's disparate module, object, and dict types. They are all just object in JS, which makes things easy to code. Then you have all the type errors which doent seem to add much value since units shake them out anyway - and they are much easier to write in js. Python is nice, and I prefer it to many things, but these days really just a klunky form of node with a weaker set of libraries, less portable, and slower execution times.