I hinted at a key problem when discussing
IGAS.
Originally Posted by SDPhantom
It really comes down to programming style and system overhead. It's all a tradeoff between ease of writing code and running lightweight. It's like comparing ANSI C and VBasic.
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When you place one layer of abstraction on top of another, you increase the overhead cost of running code. While this would be an interesting project using the standalone interpreter, it's a completely different situation implementing this in an environment where performance is critical.