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

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On Friday, 16 May 2014 at 12:55:30 UTC, Wyatt wrote:
> Even if I _were_ a Chrome user, I'd have precisely zero 
> interest in a browser monoculture.  To wit, [P]NaCl and Dart 
> effectively don't exist in my world.

Dart compiles to JS, but drops support for IE9 after this summer… 
so it isn't a mono culture, but you do depend on Google strategic 
planning by using Dart.

> ASM.js is only slightly better in this regard because it at 
> least _runs_ on other browsers.

Yes, that's a good quality. You also have Google Closure which is 
type annotated JS that does optimization/minification.