Yeah, but I think it is good to do this kind of work because it reminds of of what can be done with an interpreter that is less than 1MB. Time and again I've he

Yeah, but I think it is good to do this kind of work because it reminds of of what can be done with an interpreter that is less than 1MB. Time and again I've heard folks on HN say, "Why aren't shell scripts just written in Python?" On the one hand, I think it is great to think in "bare metal", on the other hand do we really need to think in "bare metal"? Shouldn't we free our brains from solving (and resolving) 40 year old problems. I dunno, my point is: I feel that "little death" you describe too. (Non, francaise, pas cette petit mort!)