Compile to js languages tend to include a huge runtime which is a non-starter. The ones that don't, don't generally play well with existing js libraries anyways

Compile to js languages tend to include a huge runtime which is a non-starter. The ones that don't, don't generally play well with existing js libraries anyways. I don't think WebAssembly will be the "scripting" solution for the web, is it aiming to be that? I don't think so. It is very performant and that is its thing but you don't tend to write bare wasm, and it is not a scripting solution for the web to interact with the dom. I'm talking about the language for building and adding interactivity to the webpages. I think google tried to make Dart that language but it did not gain traction for whatever reason (I don't know the language) - maybe it coming from a single vendor had something to do with it. What I was curious is that is this something that is even being discussed by the powers that be? I'll take javascript with macros as a compromise. We could at least build DSLs with it.