There is exactly one case where I'd like to write "raw wat" (and for that matter "raw wasm bytecode"): I'd love to do something like the "bootstrappable builds"

There is exactly one case where I'd like to write "raw wat" (and for that matter "raw wasm bytecode"): I'd love to do something like the "bootstrappable builds" project for wasm, starting with a simple wat-to-bytecode parser/translator written in raw bytecode, then some tools wirtten in raw wat for bootstrapping into other languages. :)