Check out https://github.com/tibru/tibru No primitive arithmetic operations at all, no need for jets but the same time complexity as arithmetic in C just with a higher constant factor.

For those using Nock and seeking an alternative take on Urbit check out this open source project https://github.com/tibru/tibru A few willing devs could take this forward with open libertarian ideals. There is nothing special about Nock and Urbit technically or mathematically.

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I get 'Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL' on Chromium Version 37.0.2062.120 Ubuntu 12.04 (281580) (64-bit)

The live demo doesn't work for me

Your old browser version doesn't support template literals.

For a more accessible alternative approach to all this madness see this mirror project

https://github.com/tibru/tibru

They do say noitatimi is the highest form of yrettalf...

You're such a snoc.

I do so enjoy seeing the casual vivisection of that which tends towards attracting mystical appreciation; what remains intact is all the more deservedly numinous.

For an exactly diametric plunge from the same origin into the rarefied esoteric, there is: https://github.com/mnemnion/ax/blob/master/commentary%20on%2...

Rarefied esoteric what?

"Esoteric" as in "the esoteric", its nominalized adjectival [0] guise.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalized_adjective

But looking through code there are lots of references to gc, mark and sweep. Even with acyclic data models memory has to be cleared.