> we have quite specific performance requirements which are not well-served by your standard language compiler/runtime. If we handle some of this compilation wo

> we have quite specific performance requirements which are not well-served by your standard language compiler/runtime. If we handle some of this compilation workload, we can make sure we emit constructs in the underlying runtime which have the right performance properties. Is it just me or does this sound a bit like Common Lisp's compiler macros (http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_bbaa.htm http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_bba...)?