I didn't think that was your suggestion, but I agree with Turing_Machine re: compiling to JS. It's only a slightly more insane API to the VM than x86 is to the

I didn't think that was your suggestion, but I agree with Turing_Machine re: compiling to JS. It's only a slightly more insane API to the VM than x86 is to the internal instruction set on a CPU, anyway. Weird machines all the way down. What we have is a very messy, primordial soup. But the more important things are in reducing complexity (while maintaining performance), and in that realm immutable datastructures, fp, etc. are the (current) clear contenders to lead the way. We'll get there, we should just do our best to make sure we don't repeat the mistakes of the past that have become institutionalized on other platforms - or worse, ignore them and make even more dire mistakes (DOM as the lowest-common denominator, etc.)