D to ASM.js vs D to Dart (VM)

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On Thursday, 15 May 2014 at 22:16:06 UTC, Etienne wrote:
> This same team (the V8 team) decided that a VM based on dynamic 
> typing in a type-safe language would be better than pure 
> bytecode because of adaptive and profile-guided optimizations. 
> To me that's truly groundbreaking, and based on these charts - 
> I'd trust them!

Yes, but not faster than a C-like IR. Still, you do get a 
non-intrusive GC, so in that sense it is a better option than 
PNaCl.