Looking for advice on which web language to use

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bloodline wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

For the purpose of Internet, JavaScript is much better... Though the DOM is a bit of a mess... fortunately, HTML 5 should fix all the problems :-)

I've seen first hand that the above simply isn't true in many cases.  HTML 5's jam tomorrow is not really a convincing argument, especially when the track record of the major player's adoption of internet standards is so dire.