Agreed.
To be a strong candidate for a web scripting language you need three things:
* native lexical scope. This is how all web technologies work.
* Minimal reliance on white space as syntax. The language needs to be portable. Overloading white space as syntax makes a language more brittle, particularly in distribution.
* Immediate interpretation without a prior static compile step. This keeps the code open to examination and minimizes compile time delays.
Find another language that doesn't have all the stupid crap that JavaScript has and yet still excels in those three points and I will agree upon a replacement.
