> i think the "JS is assembly for the web" strictly refers to the fact that you cannot write closer-to-the-metal code than javascript. This exactly. JS is the

> i think the "JS is assembly for the web" strictly refers to the fact that you cannot write closer-to-the-metal code than javascript. This exactly. JS is the lowest level of code you can reliably run through a browser. That makes it, by definition, the 'metal' of the web. And that will probably not change for a very long time.