loating-point ("inexact numbers").  Only things that were needed for
the compiler to compile itself and run some unit tests are
included.</li>

<li><b>Small.</b> The implementation is about <a
href="compiler.scm.html">1600 lines of Scheme</a>, plus 700 lines of
comments and blank lines.  Compiled with itself on x86 Linux and
stripped, the executable is 134kiB.  On my 700MHz laptop from the
previous millennium, compiling it from scratch with MzScheme and gas
takes just under 12 seconds.</li>

<li><b>Safe.</b