And that makes an excellent case for why JavaScript should simply be the bytecode of the future. x86 is gaudy and unsuited for many tasks--but it's where most of the speed innovation happens, thus it's the best platform for compiling other languages too.
I'll propose an alternative, fix JavaScript by adding APIs like ByteArrays and shorts and a proper int to the language. Over time, JS could become an excellent IL. We can standardize on intermediate bytecode, but like all things in web adoption, it will probably be the path of least resistance that works. (Who would ever give HTML graphic, multimedia, and threading abilities?)
I'll propose an alternative, fix JavaScript by adding APIs like ByteArrays and shorts and a proper int to the language. Over time, JS could become an excellent IL. We can standardize on intermediate bytecode, but like all things in web adoption, it will probably be the path of least resistance that works. (Who would ever give HTML graphic, multimedia, and threading abilities?)