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Eeek. Yes, I forgot just how crazy a language it was. :-D
> Yes, that's the plan, but the initial implementation isn't going to
> be a compiler like most people would expect:
>
> For example, something like:
>
> while {$a < 10} { incr a }
>
> while isn't language syntax. it's a command. So, this code would
> result in creating two PMCs for the args (first arg is {$a <10},
> second is {incr a}), and then lookup the while PIR .sub, and invoke
> it with the two PMC args.
>
> Future versions of the compiler will be able to cheat (presuming the
> while builtin hasn't been overriden) and generate inline-able PIR,
> which should improve performance.)
>
> Regards.
>
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