[tardygrad]

I doubt this will take off, because developers seem to prefer Javascript as a language.

On the server where there is a choice of several languages both interpreted and compiled, Nodejs is still very popular. If there were a war against Javascript people would be moving away from Node.

My guess is that this is going to be another niche, underutilised technology (like WebRTC or even SVG) that is efficient leads to highly optimised products, and but lacks mainstream usage.