I agree with most of your post. The domain of C++ and JS are widely apart. Comparing C++ and JS is hardly justified, IMHO. However if we were to compare them:
> Also, JS and Ruby are indeed just as hard to master as C++.
I have to call Bull on this part, with apologies for the tone (but I don't know any better way to put it). How on earth you can claim JS is harder than C++? C++ is doubtlessly a much more complicated language than JS, and for good reasons (albeit a good portion of those are historical). However sub-optimal JS is (for it was designed with hardly any gestation time and on a ridiculously tight schedule), it can be taught, almost completely in a matter of hours (sans the DOM). Add a couple more hours for teaching browser security models and pointers on where to find docs for everything JS.
>How on earth you can claim JS is harder than C++?
Because I didn't? Please re-read. I said any language is just as hard to master since the earlier context was obscure dark corners of C++ syntax (Which was the general topic of the article. The vast majority of C++ programmers would never have run into that syntax bug). JS has obscure syntax and my argument is that you need to expend equal effort to master it.
> Also, JS and Ruby are indeed just as hard to master as C++.
I have to call Bull on this part, with apologies for the tone (but I don't know any better way to put it). How on earth you can claim JS is harder than C++? C++ is doubtlessly a much more complicated language than JS, and for good reasons (albeit a good portion of those are historical). However sub-optimal JS is (for it was designed with hardly any gestation time and on a ridiculously tight schedule), it can be taught, almost completely in a matter of hours (sans the DOM). Add a couple more hours for teaching browser security models and pointers on where to find docs for everything JS.