> We don't accept that in other situations, so why do we when it comes to the web?

Because it is the only thing we have sufficiently sandboxed so that we can actually run it untrusted.

I totally get what you want, but we already have a bunch of X-to-JavaScript compilers that pretty much all deliver the experience of: "It works, but it is a bit gnarly, so why would you use this when you can just write JavaScript". And I don't think WebAssembly is going to change that experience much, mainly because it is a pretty poor VM, seemingly designed around the misconception that a lack of features makes it a good compilation target.

I honestly think we could give compiled languages a much better time on the web with a new intermediate language, but someone has to design it for that purpose rather than cargo cult Assembly similarity.