[doliveira]

Yeah, seems to me that languages should allow way more semantic expression than most do today.

I wish I had done CS, those kinds of compiler optimization sounds so fun. I'd love to work on that

[ncmncm]

Good news, optimization is engineering, not CS. CS is all about what a program would eventually do, if you were ever to run it. Once you run it, you have moved to the domain of technicians. Engineering is about making it run better.

[ouid]

Compiler optimization is very much CS.

[ncmncm]

Only in practice. And, mostly implemented by engineers.