People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

I have been writing JavaScript for 8 years now, and I have never once found need to use an uber function. The super idea is fairly important in the classical pattern, but it appears to be unnecessary in the prototypal and functional patterns. I now see my early attempts to support the classical model in JavaScript as a mistake.

Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

JS will be a real functional language.

Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.