Yes, "compiles to state machine" is what I meant. > you have to do that yourself Yes. And it has a cost. Plus the cost of executing that state machine (changi

Yes, "compiles to state machine" is what I meant. > you have to do that yourself Yes. And it has a cost. Plus the cost of executing that state machine (changing states, etc.), which is hidden from you. One can always pull a more optimized and fine-tuned state machine made by hand (sitting on WFI for example), and here comes the "taste" factor.