> Why is it that 35 years after the Futamura projections were first described, when we want to produce a new compiler, we don't write an interpreter and pass it

> Why is it that 35 years after the Futamura projections were first described, when we want to produce a new compiler, we don't write an interpreter and pass it through a high quality, general partial evaluator? I think the rationale for abandoning partial evaluation for PyPy [1] explains most complications with it. Or put in different words, PE-based compilers don't have all necessary knobs that real compilers need. [1] https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-first-15-years-of-pypy.html#why-did-we-abandon-partial-evaluation https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-first-15-years-of-...