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I'm implementing an interpreter, and wondering how often I should check for interruptions (e.g. Ctrl-C). I don't want to spend too much CPU time checking whether I've been interrupted, but I also want slow programs to stop promptly. It's tricky.

The Bitter Lesson: how implementing generic search and scaling compute outperforms custom logic in many situations:

Implementing type checking as another interpreter, with short, accessible examples: