> it's mainly meant as a target for compilers, not something you'd routinely write yourself Yes absolutely. That's why they should not cave in to pressure to

> it's mainly meant as a target for compilers, not something you'd routinely write yourself Yes absolutely. That's why they should not cave in to pressure to add semantically redundant features just to make a particular project or application slightly more convenient. In order to meet the objectives of easy to define and easy to optimise, it will be necessary to agree on a core set of foundational primitives and stick to them.