Google has released an experimental Chromium build with the Dart virtual machine baked right in. Dart is a new programming language from Google, which is being developed for client-side Web scripting. The language is said to have a more conventional object model than JavaScript and optional support for static typing. According to Google, it will be faster, safer and more conducive to tooling than JavaScript. A non-standard client language, Dart is developed and supported by a single vendor outside of the Web standards process.
The technology preview version recently released by Google lets you run programs directly on the Dart VM; it means developers are not required to go through the separate compilation stage. Though the release is intended for developers, Google does plan to include this in standard Chrome releases in the future. 
"This release of Chromium with Dart VM integration is a technology preview, and should not be used for day-to-day browsing. After more testing and developer feedback, we plan to eventually include the Dart VM in Chrome," said Google programmers Anton Muhin, Vijay Menon, and Pavel Podivilov, in a blog post.
They added, "Dart has been designed from the start to work with the entire modern Web, and we’re simultaneously continuing to improve our fast Dart-to-JavaScript compiler. Both the Dart VM and modern JavaScript engines are first-class targets for Dart."
Dartium can now be downloaded from the Dart language website. It's currently being made available only for Mac OS X and Linux. However a Windows version is "coming soon", says Google.
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