> browser-only and some being node-only. Browser, node (OS-level), or serverless worker, these are all fundamentally different roles and need different API req

> browser-only and some being node-only. Browser, node (OS-level), or serverless worker, these are all fundamentally different roles and need different API requirements. Node and serverless don't have a DOM. Serverless can't have unfettered access to the host OS. Node should be as capable as any host language (Python, Ruby, C, etc.) with an API equally powerful. The browser obviously needs a more limited sandbox. There is a parallel universe out there, where Sun had success with Java in the browser, the JVM evolved to better support distribution and HTTP standards as well as replaced the need for WASM. And we all lived in a happy world with Java on the server and Java in the browser and everything is cross-platform and Just Works(tm). Cats and dogs also live together in harmony in this world. We had big dreams in the '90s.