I think dart was meant to be used as a JavaScript alternative. Google was working on chrome with dart VM even... But as far as I remember it got abandoned due to pushback from the 'community' due to 'not wanting fragmentation'. Obviously by people who didn't want things changed.
Web is the only place where we don't have an alternative and dart would be a great contender.
Web is the only place where we don't have an alternative and dart would be a great contender.