Disclaimer: I'm a backender so I may have this all wrong :)The script element in HTML has provided the language property since its introduction, though nowadays it is deprecated in favour of the type attribute.But the browser-supported languages seems to have been almost entirely Javascript and VBScript.Given that Javascript is considered to be an at best quirky [0] language (justifiably given its 10 day gestation) how come the browser ecosystem never expanded to accommodate more direct scripting languages - particularly in the early days when Javascript libraries were rare beasts? As I remember it Javascript was deeply unpopular with devs until libraries like JQuery came along to make things a little less painful.Was it the baleful influence of IE6 or some other winner-takes-all effect or what?[0] 