Except C actually NEEDS building whereas JS do not. But then using all of these command-line tools makes JS start to look more like a &#x27;real&#x27; programming language and now any noob can&#x27;t just walk in and take my job since I obfuscated the hell out of something essentially simple.<p>It is simple Machiavellian protectionism applied at rapid pace. Back in the day it was done within the purposely obscure UNIX environment (not just anyone can be sysadmin!) and now its being re-applied to web environment.