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by nosioptar 3 days ago
I haven't ever made a low level language.

That said, it seems pretty damned impressive to me that mach is only four times slower than C, particularly since you've only worked on it for two years.

I like the syntax. The example code and a couple files in src I looked at were all easy to read.

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Archiving that without the behemoth of LLVM is really impressive! On the other hand, there are Lisps—with all their dynamic wishy-washiness—that archive similar performance.
The performance is definitely something I'm happy with at this early stage. A few optimizations get you a LONG way. I'm glad to hear that you found it easy to read (that was a main goal of the design)!

Thanks for actually reading code :)