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by ArtixFox 372 days ago
Only backend has been swapped out. The tests will be fast too yes.

There is no real need to add an interpreter. Having custom backend s means that while currently it is being used for debug, far in future it might be able to compete with llvm for speed.

Adding an interpreter would be useless as u would still need to write a custom backend.

The problem is llvms slowness for debug and release.