Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people
Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.
People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.
A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.
JS will be a real functional language.
Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.