I don't think so. The parent said: >[...] WASM is Java for the haters, so it sells much better at the bytecode shop. Which means WASM was advertised as a new

I don't think so. The parent said: >[...] WASM is Java for the haters, so it sells much better at the bytecode shop. Which means WASM was advertised as a new bytecode VM to replace Java. What I'm saying is that, for these supposed Java haters, why did they choose to completely reinvent the bytecode VM when they could have just chosen Kotlin and not have to reinvent the wheel? It would fix most if not all of their concerns about Java.