Don't get me wrong, it's my favorite language. I don't want to bash on Javascript. Most of the coding I do for fun is in Dashcode, which I never understood why isn't pore popular. But JS has big problems in public perception.
Stories on new things done in Ruby tend to elicit "cool, I can use that", but new things done in JS tend to elicit "what a waste, why use such a crappy language".
