A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
It is easier to apologize than to get permission.
If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.
It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.
Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.
If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.