As the author of https://staxlang.xyz/ https://staxlang.xyz/ for me, it's pretty far away from machine code. Golfing languages tend to be pretty impractical, a

As the author of https://staxlang.xyz/ https://staxlang.xyz/ for me, it's pretty far away from machine code. Golfing languages tend to be pretty impractical, as they optimize for program size above all else. That includes readability, performance, and consistency. Machine code can be practical. To me, code golf is just pure programming, for no practical purpose. It's not for everyone, or even most people. It's more like art than practical programming. Except it can be competitive? Not sure really. It can also be fun just to build something, without the risk that you might accidentally get a significant number of users.