[js6i]

I'm wondering if the premise was that people compiling other people's code should be prioritized over "actual" users who develop their software using the compiler, who then would need to resort to external tools to do more complicated things, nullifying the protection anyway; or that it's expected that developers routinely include code they don't trust?

[WalterBright]

People expect the compile step to be trustworthy.

[js6i]

Sure, many people do, and some don't. I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that decisions like that make one consider what are the assumptions and target audience of a project. In this case, as a potential user, if I'm looking for a language that's a deadly tool for doing difficult things, intentional limitations feel almost patronizing.