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(A bit) off-topic, but imagine if Google is working on a from-scratch brand new javascript runtime engine.

v8 master (what's in iojs and Chrome) is a new JavaScript runtime engine. It's a pretty fast moving project.

If you mean a JS replacement, they unveiled Dart in 2011 and it's not particularly popular.

No, I guess s/he means SoundScript

Yeap

Lol can't wait for the next iteration 'use strickest;' then what? 'use strickester;'?

Would you prefer a Python scenario?