For modern development Javascript indeed is a shit language

I'm sorry, but the Crockford arguments do not cut it.
Javascript is so bad, on so many levels - it's not even funny. This is why I am so surprised everyone jumped on the node bandwagon with such excitement - yes, Node is faster than Ruby, but it's unfathomable to me that someone in his clear mind would want to rewrite his app in Node without being 100% focused on the evented model.