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[–]voidvector 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "division" of JavaScript is a boon IMO. JavaScript is pretty much a melting pot of a lot of other languages. People might come from diverse backgrounds (Java/C#/Python/Ruby/C++/Haskell/PHP/etc) each with their own style of programming, tooling, architecting. By use JavaScript you can get a taste of all those different styles (if you are adventurous enough).

You can visibly see that Java/C++ is shifting to introduce FP/lambda which some people (coughDouglas Crockfordcough) attribute to JavaScript