Yep, that'd be a lot of fun. I think back to the stuff that used to go on to optimize lua: http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2011-02/msg00742.html http://lua-use

Yep, that'd be a lot of fun. I think back to the stuff that used to go on to optimize lua: http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2011-02/msg00742.html http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2011-02/msg00742.html I also suspect that we are relatively close, and there are diminishing returns. I suspect that you would have to start the language design with this goal in mind, and then balance out performance concerns with certain features.