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by ASalazarMX 1681 days ago
That just hides the lack of choice with another layer of complexity. A script language is not the best compilation target, but Web Assembly probably would be.
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> A script language is not the best compilation target

Performance-wise, sure. But the parent commenters were not complaining about performance; they were upset about javascript's syntax, or lack of type guarantees, or typecasting, and so on. Well, all of this can be taken care of by the compiler, if the developer dislikes javascript itself so much.