Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising what it _can_ do. It's just that the really exciting idea is the SSC idea: where you can just write clean code and have

Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising what it _can_ do. It's just that the really exciting idea is the SSC idea: where you can just write clean code and have the compiler work out the best execution strategy. At the moment, SF seems to support natural looking code, but not always truly natural code. It's tantalisingly close, but it doesn't seem to be getting any closer.