Bingo. And that, IMO, will be it. The problem right now is that people have no choice. They can use compiled to JavaScript languages, but they're ALL leaky abst

Bingo. And that, IMO, will be it. The problem right now is that people have no choice. They can use compiled to JavaScript languages, but they're ALL leaky abstractions. Once people can use the tool they want instead of the tool they have to use, things will be a lot better. One thing about WebAssembly (and compile to JS languages have had that issue for a long time, and still do to some extent) is the tooling. If the debugger doesn't properly handle breakpoints in the original source (for real. Not the garbage that is sourcemaps that can't even properly map variable names), and if people developing in WebAssembly languages still have to think javascript, then it won't be much better.