I think you're probably right, but I don't think many people would look at the JVM as a failure. Instead, I think WASM is trying to bring the good parts of the

I think you're probably right, but I don't think many people would look at the JVM as a failure. Instead, I think WASM is trying to bring the good parts of the JVM such as being a simple compile target, small binaries, and a stable VM while fixing the bad parts like having a huge attack surface area and lacking certain features critical for performance (pointer chasing, GC, etc.).