According to wikipedia's uncited 'performance characteristics' section of their page on K (programming language): > The small size of the interpreter and comp

According to wikipedia's uncited 'performance characteristics' section of their page on K (programming language): > The small size of the interpreter and compact syntax of the language makes it possible for K applications to fit entirely within the level 1 cache of the processor. Sounds like the overhead's acceptable? . Edit: the following page (2002) says > Even though K is an interpreted language, the source code is somewhat compiled internally, but not into abstract machine code like Java or Python. The interpreter can be invoked interactively or non-interactively, and you can also compile a source file down to a binary file for product distribution, if you wish. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/14/22741/791 http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/14/22741/791