what does and doesn't get complied in a standalone?

[Dr. Hawkins]

After many recent posts, I'm starting to wonder:  what does and
doesn't get complied in a standalone?

Several messages have suggested, if I'm reading them write, that the
main stack is compiled, while the others, even if password protected,
are interpreted at runtime.  Am I getting that right?

And if so, what is the performance hit?

So should all of the more intensive work be moved into routines in the
main stack?

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