pros

Lets say what we like about programming languages for a change.

C: Very fast and simple syntax.
C++: Has some useful standard libraries that C doesn't have, like vector and map.
Java: Has a very good garbage collector.
Lisp: You can make intersting self-modifying programs with macros.
PHP: Is one of the more readable scripting languages
Python: The forced indentation of code is an interesting idea
Ruby: no comment

>>17 JavaScript functions always require writing 'function(){}' unlike all the languages with shortcuts like Haskell.
Its disheartening that they^[1]  don't change this, but provide shorter syntax^[2] for all the objects/arrays/regexps/etc

[1]Mozilla and Brendan Eich
[2]x={},x=[],x=//,
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