I don’t know, not implementing generics when it was pretty obviously needed was a huge oversight, so I’m not sure.
Also, the reason for compiler bootstrapping is more of a “beauty thing”, then practicality. It would definitely be faster in a low-level language, but I doubt it would matter as an end user.
Also, the reason for compiler bootstrapping is more of a “beauty thing”, then practicality. It would definitely be faster in a low-level language, but I doubt it would matter as an end user.