Java is a language backed by the JVM it tried to do two things: Be _the_ language (Java) Be _the_ platform (JVM) Wasm is a compilation target, it's better to

Java is a language backed by the JVM it tried to do two things: Be _the_ language (Java) Be _the_ platform (JVM) Wasm is a compilation target, it's better to compare it to the JVM than Java. The thing that has me excited is that _every_ language will be write once run everywhere not just some new and unproven language (like Java was at the time).