I think in most cases, a bytecode solution would just be inserting another runtime layer between JS and hardware. It'd be a rough couple years of transition to

I think in most cases, a bytecode solution would just be inserting another runtime layer between JS and hardware. It'd be a rough couple years of transition to get speed back, and not to mention the years spent trying to get everyone to agree to a standard. Sadly, JavaScript may very well be our bytecode. Unless by some miracle one of the intended JS replacements actually takes off.