> Most importantly you get immediate startup. No need to parse and compile. Compiling to an IR doesn't mean 'and then interpret or JIT it'. Can can use an IR t

> Most importantly you get immediate startup. No need to parse and compile. Compiling to an IR doesn't mean 'and then interpret or JIT it'. Can can use an IR to compile to native. GCC, Clang, Rust etc all an IR, for example.