Trivial for loop inner loop timings:

• Oak std.loop: 1.7µs
• Python 3.10 for i in range(...): 0.12µs

Python can iterate through all 32-bit ints in around 8 minutes; Oak can do it in around 2 hours. (A well-optimized compiled program should take no more than a few seconds.)

Seems right — the Oak-Python gap narrows with more complex programs.