Brendan has previously talked about some obstacles to a bytecode/VM-level specification, and some advantages of specifying the browser language at the source le

Brendan has previously talked about some obstacles to a bytecode/VM-level specification, and some advantages of specifying the browser language at the source level rather than at the bytecode level: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1893686 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1893686 (see comments by BrendanEich and others) http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/pages/20101122 http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/pages/20101122 http://www.hanselman.com/blog/JavaScriptIsAssemblyLanguageForTheWebPart2MadnessOrJustInsanity.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/JavaScriptIsAssemblyLanguageFo...