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Actually optimization is one of the best candidates for exploiting multi-thread capabilities. The majority of optimizations are localized within procedures/blocks and as such can be performed independent of other activity with very little effort. I would rather that more work were spent on the "active compiler" approach. While color-coded syntax is a trivial first step, a full blown approach that would identify semantic errors as they are typed would provide a significant improvement in the code-writing stage.