title: What are the disadvantages of targeting the JVM instead of x86?
body: <p>I'm developing a new language. My initial target was to compile to native x86 for the Windows platform, but now I am in doubt.</p>
  
  <p>I've seen some new languages target the JVM (most notable Scala and Clojure). Ofcourse it's not possible to port every language <em>easily</em> to the JVM; to do so may lead to small changes to the language and it's design.</p>
  
  <p>After posing this question, I even doubted more about this decision. I now know some "pro" JVM arguments. The original question was: <em>is targetting the JVM a good idea, when creating a compiler for a new language?</em></p>
  
  <p>Updated the question: <strong>What are the disadvantages of targeting the JVM instead of x86 on Windows?</strong></p>