JS will be a real functional language.
It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.
Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.
Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people
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.
Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.