"ECMAScript usage has moved beyond simple scripting and it is now used for the full spectrum of programming tasks in many different environments and scales. As the usage of ECMAScript has expanded, so have the features and facilities it provides. ECMAScript is now a fully featured general-purpose programming language."
https://262.ecma-international.org/11.0/#sec-overview, wskazując na jego właściwości porównywalne do tych obecnych w Javie, Selfie, czy Scheme, które były inspiracją dla Brendana Eicha, przy tworzeniu języka JavaScriptFrom ECMAScript® 2020 Language Specification.
"Some of the facilities of ECMAScript are similar to those used in other programming languages; in particular C, Java™, Self, and Scheme as described in:
ISO/IEC 9899:1996, Programming Languages — C.
Gosling, James, Bill Joy and Guy Steele. The Java™ Language Specification. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1996.
Ungar, David, and Smith, Randall B. Self: The Power of Simplicity. OOPSLA '87 Conference Proceedings, pp. 227-241, Orlando, FL, October 1987.
IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language. IEEE Std 1178-1990."
https://262.ecma-international.org/11.0/#sec-overview.