[rkangel]

Dart was originally designed as a JS 'replacement', designed to supplant it. The talked about browsers executing it directly, but as a transition step compile-to-JS has always been a first class citizen for Dart.

Now of course no language is going to replace JS, it's going to be compile to WASM or JS, and Dart is now focused on things like Flutter where it is used in a 'Ahead of Time' compiled form.