It's a big deal if you're saying Doug Crockford still has his finger in the pie, or that he still has deep connections to ecosystem, browser, or JS politics, an

It's a big deal if you're saying Doug Crockford still has his finger in the pie, or that he still has deep connections to ecosystem, browser, or JS politics, and that a needle is about to cross a decision boundary. If you lead with that then that's all the credibility you need to say that Doug Crockford's position on JS is a big deal. IMO the WASM story might end up expanding to swallow JS, but Doug Crockford won't be making that happen any faster or slower. Google also tried to introduce Dart to the browser but experienced political whiplash. I don't think Doug Crockford can help that either, especially now that Google is extra afraid of regulatory attention.