There are indeed lots of options. In this case, 1 is limiting and 2 is slow because of cases like integer operations. A very common way to make it "fast" is spe

There are indeed lots of options. In this case, 1 is limiting and 2 is slow because of cases like integer operations. A very common way to make it "fast" is specialising at runtime based on usage, so it's kind of like option 1 but dynamic.