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> Flexibility interacts poorly with composability.

> Flexibility usually interacts poorly with performance as well.

I disagree fundamentally. I believe there's such a thing as the flexibility of specialization.

In fact: the reason why everything is so slow is because we don't have /enough/ flexibility in our systems.

https://project-mage.org/on-flexibility

> It's interesting that you're starting with the user interface instead of the sufficiently smart compiler.

I think it's because I care more about the applications than anything else. Yes, they require the platform, but my motivation is to get something I can use, not just to build a tool.

> That would be a lot to build in five years. Good luck and happy hacking.

Thanks : )

parent some-mthfka 3 years ago

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