with the new ES6 coming , people from python are going to feel a lot of confusion , since some new functionalities are inspired by python but are in reality different from the python implementation,like modules , generators , ... Javascript has always been like that ( thinking of "this" that is totally different from "this" of Java for instance , let's not even talk about the new class keywork which will be very confusing too , for those who believe they can just go the java way with js from now on ). But i'm quite happy with the language ,it feels like self, the revenge ...