[q-lang-users] Speeding up Q

[Dr L. S. <li...@gm...>]

In my view it should be a high priority getting Q to tun faster in order to gain the user base that it deserves.

Have any of you considered writing a Q -> C translator, which would then compile to native code using a standard (gnu) C compiler?
It seems to me (perhaps naively) a potentially easier and quicker route to a considerable efficiency gain rather than writing fully blown JIT compiler, plus lots of native compilers?

Furthermore, given the simple re-writing nature of Q, writing a translator may prove to be relatively easy?

Libor