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 - **Fast by definition**: Val is compiled ahead-of-time to machine code and relies on its type system to support in-place mutation and avoid unnecessary memory allocations. Val avoids hidden costs such as implicit copies and therefore avoids heavy dependence on an optimizer for basic performance.
 - **Safe by default**: Val's foundation of [mutable value semantics](http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue_2022_02/article2.pdf) ensures that ordinary code is memory safe, typesafe, and data-race-free.  By explicit, auditable opt-in, programmers can use unsafe constructs for performance where necessary, and can build safe constructs using unsafe ones.
 - **Simple**: Val borrows heavily from [Swift](https://swift.org) which has demonstrated a user-friendly approach to generic programming and deep support for value semantics.  Val's programming model strengthens and extends this support, while de-emphasizing reference semantics and avoiding the complexities that result from trying to make it statically safe (e.g., memory regions, lifetime annotations, etc.).
-- **Interoperable with C++**: Programming languages rarely survive in a vacuum. Val aims to take advantage of the vast software capital of C++ by supporting full interoperability.
 
 The [language tour](https://tour.val-lang.dev) gives an overview of Val's features.
 The [language specification](https://github.com/val-lang/specification/blob/main/spec.md) and [IR specification](https://val-4.gitbook.io/val-ir/) (work in progress) provides detailed information about Val's syntax and semantics.
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 Besides, other programming languages have value semantics (e.g., R or Whiley) and/or provide excellent support for generic programming (e.g., Swift or Haskell).
 So why another one?
 
-What sets Val apart in the current landscape is its focus on mutable value semantics for the purpose of writing efficient, generic code, and its attention to C++ interoperability.
+What sets Val apart in the current landscape is its focus on mutable value semantics for the purpose of writing efficient, generic code.
 Val is a zero-cost abstraction language that fully acknowledges the physical constraints of computer architecture.
 Yet, it presents a user model that marries these constraints with the benefits of value-oriented programming.