The other bit is that when they say that some language is not a good fit for current processors, that also applies to x86_64 Assembly, that provides no way to c

The other bit is that when they say that some language is not a good fit for current processors, that also applies to x86_64 Assembly, that provides no way to control certain ways the processor works, like pipelining, that would be pretty interesting for a compiler to have access to.