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> But why can't it be both? Why can't you do everything that BEAM does... and then also have an optimising JIT for the straight line maths code?

I love this attitude. BEAM is something novel and special, and I think it's important to think of how to incrementally address its current shortcomings instead of throwing our hands up. I find GHC is another place where incrementalism on top of novelty is resulting in a lot of people's wishlists to be fulfilled.