I think Mint is easier to be learnt for people who don't know both Mint and the Javascript world. If people already knows Javascript, it's not a fair comparison.

This story is similar to Elm. I tried to teach people without programming experience at all, they don't have bias or preference so those 'alternative languages' looks good to them. But to convince the 'legacy world' is a tough work. Anyway, appreciate the work of Mint :)