Is being an interpreter with a GUI why JavaScript spawns so many frameworks?

[vfclists]

Would there be so many frameworks for Javascript if was necessary to go through a edit-compile-link cycle on every iteration?

[SamReidHughes]

I think it has more to do with the language's overwhelming presence in the world, not to mention that GUI-related programming has a lot of sensible-seeming options for how it should be designed.

[vfclists → SamReidHughes]

But aren't there just too many frameworks? A new one comes out every other day. Or is it because it so easy to announce them on Hacker News?