These ports are borrowing large parts of the architecture, algorithms, and data structures from the official implementation.

I don't think a spec would facilitate them at such a low effort level and cost.

> Why maintain an official compiler that's not even half as fast as the vibe-coded one?

Because at the end of the day, someone has to actually care and put in effort, even if the thing is machine generated, because it can go off the rails.

I walk to the supermarket. I'm pretty sure an F1 car would be noticeably slower.

On foot I cross the little residential street where I live, walk to the corner, cross the busier road using a Zebra that was installed by thoughtful "pedestrian first" local government, then walk to the next corner where the main entrance to the supermarket is.

In the F1 car lets assume somebody already pre-warmed it and so it's ready to go (F1 cars do not "just work" like your family car because that's not required in the F1 rules) I walk to the car park and get in, I need to accelerate quite hard to get the slippery F1 car up the steep drive, but then brake hard to stop and have somebody else check both ways since an F1 car isn't equipped for this in a side street. Now I pull out, takes no time to reach that street where pedestrian me crossed but I can't use that route in a car, so, go through another residential area, turn onto an old main road, turn again, to a roundabout, go into the underground carpark of the supermarket. Once I've parked I'm about as close to the front door as if I were walking from the Zebra. Huh.

If you are travelling a long distance, say over 1000 miles/km, do you always drive? Or do you take an airplane (or a train)?

No, but I sure wouldn’t mind if I opened my fridge and the food was already there.

the cost between an F1 car and a "regular" car is high, both financially and functionally.

but tsrs and tsgo are not a similar comparison. they cost the same (you download a binary and run it) and are functionally identical. in that case why would you not use the faster & better one?

the question should be, do you always want your groceries 50% faster ?

Bad comparrison. The less time my computer spends doing things the less battery I use.

An F1 car goes faster but also uses more fuel to do so.

Any one tool being a bit faster doesn't make my batter last noticeably longer, but defaulting to using the efficient tooling gets me results I can see.

Do you usually dig up your garden by hand with a shovel, or do you use a rototiller?