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by groby_b 5257 days ago
Based on a cursory glance at the sources. Maybe I'm misreading things, or maybe it's an intermediate version - certainly possible.

And, to be clear, I _do_ believe there are substantial savings in program size to be had. (Especially over C++. Chatty little monster ;)

It's the 4 orders of magnitude that make me doubtful. The good thing, AFAIK VPRI is a year or so from completion, so we'll see soon. And even if it's not 4 orders of magnitude, I'm sure there's a lot to learn from it.