I agree with with the intent of your statement! However: > Nobody wants to hand-write wasm (...) As a side note I want to point out that it is actually quite

I agree with with the intent of your statement! However: > Nobody wants to hand-write wasm (...) As a side note I want to point out that it is actually quite feasible to hand-write WASM in the text representation WAT. It has some high level control constructs, type checking, some unique safety guarantees and a simple memory model. Writing some (simple) programs in WAT and possibly a small language compiler for WASM is quite educational, fun and can be inspiring. It can also build a more grounded intuition for the performance characteristics of WASM.