Priorities

• Performance

  • consistently close to C/FORTRAN + MPI
    • currently: 10%-80% slower
    • aiming for 10%-20%

• Safety

  • as safe as Java
    • ease of programming
    • better optimizations

• Expressiveness

  • add small set of essential features

• Compatibility, interoperability, etc.

  • no gratuitous departures from Java standard

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