This Q/A from the asm.js FAQ appears to disagree with you: Q. Is asm.js a new language? A. No, it's just (a subset of) JavaScript. An asm.js program will beha

This Q/A from the asm.js FAQ appears to disagree with you: Q. Is asm.js a new language? A. No, it's just (a subset of) JavaScript. An asm.js program will behave identically whether it is run in an existing JavaScript engine or an ahead-of-time (AOT) compiling engine that recognizes and optimizes asm.js—except for speed, of course! Also, the examples in the spec are completely legible. It looks much like C, in fact.