I can imaging cases where you'd want code to run in a browser without the unpredictability of garbage collection. Also, modern Javascript has been the only ava

I can imaging cases where you'd want code to run in a browser without the unpredictability of garbage collection. Also, modern Javascript has been the only available tool in browsers, but that doesn't mean it's a good one. asm.js and WebAssembly are making it easier to introduce new, and in many cases, better tools.