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- Clear error messages over expressive syntax.
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- Safe.
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- Thorough test coverage. If you break something you should immediately see
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an error message. If you can manually test for something you should be
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able to write an automated test for it.
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an error message.
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- Memory leaks over memory corruption.
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- Teach the computer bottom-up.
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- Compatibility. The goal is to get off mainstream stacks, not to perpetuate
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them. Sometimes the right long-term solution is to [bump the major version number](http://akkartik.name/post/versioning).
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- Syntax. Mu code is meant to be comprehended by [running, not just reading](http://akkartik.name/post/comprehension).
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For now it's a thin memory-safe veneer over machine code. I'm working on a
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high-level "shell" for the Mu computer.
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It will always be just a thin memory-safe veneer over machine code.
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I don't know how to make higher-level notations both fast and
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comprehensible, so they are likely to remain slow and comprehensible, useful
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for prototyping but invariably needing to be rewritten in statements that
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map 1:1 with machine code. The goal of a prototype should be a risk-free
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rewrite, thanks to tests that capture all the details of lessons learned.
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## Toolchain
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