hyperkit does not run on ARM Macs

  $ brew install hyperkit
  hyperkit: The x86_64 architecture is required for this software.
  Error: hyperkit: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.

Oh I didn't realize, thanks for pointing that out. I guess they'll have to rely on the new virtualization framework going forward.

The phrase "compiled language" doesn't mean anything. Python compilers exist.

UTM is open source.

Also, running UTM instead of Qemu has some benefits. e.g. bridged networking

Wireshark

But surely you would care if ads or other junk is getting injected into whatever you are reading?

Ads are already injected in just about everything I read, except for here

It is quite the opposite. Every pair is meaningful. Extra parenthesis cannot be added just for the heck of it without changing the meaning of the code.

I discovered recently that bash function names and aliases allow -

  pi@4b:~ $ kebab-case-ftw () { echo yum; }
  pi@4b:~ $ kebab-case-ftw 
  yum
  pi@4b:~ $ alias kebab-kebob='echo yum'
  pi@4b:~ $ kebab-kebob 
  yum

Doesn't work for variable names:

  $ foo-bar=3
  foo-bar=3: command not found

Consistency in Unix? Sacrilege.

Make is better in this regard. You can have variables with . in them and with computed variables, that can simulate structures. $($(VAR).member). $(VAR) expands to some abc, and so the $(abc.member) evaluates that variable with a dot in its name.

Exactly. This is all implementation trivia that is of absolutely no concern to me as a user.

UTM should be running arm64 Linux guests using virtualization and NOT emulation. I have been running arm64 Linux guests on M1/M2 Macs and it is not at all slow.

Does your Linux guest have the "Use Hypervisor" setting turned on?

The address bar is also a bit excessive for doing conversions.

  $ getent hosts 127.1
  127.0.0.1       127.1

I would agree that a whole browser engine is overkill for any simple conversion of four simple bytes

...but you realize we're conversing via a website, right? :D Most people will already be in a browser!

And the ping utility.