hey thanks man =) And yes, this really is how it started - with Ruslan's blog. And now, 3 years later, I've probably spent more time working on this project than I ever did on my entire education + work life combined.

Are there any issues with the performance of the compiled code compared to hand-coded assembly? I heard that 6502 and Z80 architectures are hard to target when compiling high-level language and even the best C compilers for them generate slower code than skilled assembly programmers.