Ask HN: Why not fix JavaScript?

Hello Hackers, I have been learning JavaScript and have observed: 1) Most programmers program using javascript libraries(e.g jQuery), whose syntax is not even vaguely similar to pure javascript which often gives so called jQuery programmers a shock when they attempt to do things in Javascript. I would agrue that less than 1% of so called web programmers can do pure javascript programming. 2) Some Popular web frameworks have resorted to choosing altogether different language that "compiles into Javascript". If its not clear I am talking about Ruby on Rails & Coffee-script. In-short, JavaScript does have not-so-good parts and people are using workarounds to get those bad things to behave nicely. so as a new Developer looking to learn JavaScript. I face this dilemma of choosing between a) Pure Js b)JS libraries C) language that "compiles into Javascript". And what I have observed there is no right choice, each has its own advantages & disadvantages. ==My Question== Why not fix the