[lukemerrick]

Wow, the whole concept of a peephole optimizer is a bit mind blowing to me. I'm appreciating all the reasons to power through to writing a bytecode VM as the next step.

I'm not sure how far down the compiler I actually will enjoy going vs. exploring ideas around type systems, linters, etc. up near the AST level, but if I do venture down this advice will certainly come in handy!