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Making fast scheme interpreters is something I always come back to, a timeless exercise that makes for a great way to decompress over a week (wow I'm a nerd). I'm excited to find some nuggets of micro-optimized gold!

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Compiler. Chez scheme is compiled with a nano-pass compiler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7FE3J-U5Q

Compiler what? I simply said that I enjoyed writing fast scheme interpreters.

You said it again. It's a compiler, not an interpreter.

S/He's saying that s/he enjoys writing interpreters. That is not related to the fact that Chez Scheme is a compiler.

Its both a compiler and an interpreter. Read up on Petite Chez Scheme.

Yeah most compiled lisps need to do some interpretation in case an unsuspecting eval comes around ^^

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