diff --git a/source/interpreter.c b/source/interpreter.c
index 7191d58..f063285 100644
--- a/source/interpreter.c
+++ b/source/interpreter.c
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ void initInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter, unsigned char* bytecode, int leng
 }
 
 void freeInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
+	FREE_ARRAY(char, interpreter->bytecode, interpreter->length);
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->literalCache);
 	interpreter->scope = popScope(interpreter->scope);
-	FREE_ARRAY(char, interpreter->bytecode, interpreter->length);
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/interpreter.h b/source/interpreter.h
index b4b6bf5..b1782cc 100644
--- a/source/interpreter.h
+++ b/source/interpreter.h
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ typedef void (*PrintFn)(const char*);
 
 //the interpreter acts depending on the bytecode instructions
 typedef struct Interpreter {
-	LiteralArray literalCache; //generally doesn't change after initialization
-	Scope* scope;
+	//input
 	unsigned char* bytecode;
 	int length;
 	int count;
+	LiteralArray literalCache; //read-only - built from the bytecode
+
+	//operation
+	Scope* scope;
 	LiteralArray stack;
+
+	//output
+	// LiteralDictionary exports; //read-write - interface with Toy from C
 	PrintFn printOutput;
 	PrintFn assertOutput;
 } Interpreter;
diff --git a/source/literal.c b/source/literal.c
index 2217dc2..48fdc34 100644
--- a/source/literal.c
+++ b/source/literal.c
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@ static void printToBuffer(const char* str) {
 	globalPrintCount += strlen(str);
 }
 
+//hash util functions
+static unsigned int hashString(const char* string, int length) {
+	unsigned int hash = 2166136261u;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+		hash *= string[i];
+		hash *= 16777619;
+	}
+
+	return hash;
+}
+
+static unsigned int hash(unsigned int x) {
+    x = ((x >> 16) ^ x) * 0x45d9f3b;
+    x = ((x >> 16) ^ x) * 0x45d9f3b;
+    x = (x >> 16) ^ x;
+    return x;
+}
+
 //exposed functions
 void printLiteral(Literal literal) {
 	printLiteralCustom(literal, stdoutWrapper);
@@ -194,7 +213,7 @@ Literal _toStringLiteral(char* str) {
 }
 
 Literal _toIdentifierLiteral(char* str) {
-	return ((Literal){LITERAL_IDENTIFIER,{.identifier.ptr = (char*)str,.identifier.length = strlen((char*)str)}});
+	return ((Literal){LITERAL_IDENTIFIER,{.identifier.ptr = (char*)str,.identifier.length = strlen((char*)str), .identifier.hash=hashString(str, strlen((char*)str))}});
 }
 
 char* copyString(char* original, int length) {
@@ -238,7 +257,7 @@ bool literalsAreEqual(Literal lhs, Literal rhs) {
 		//TODO: literal array and literal dictionary equality checks
 
 		case LITERAL_IDENTIFIER:
-			if (STRLEN_I(lhs) != STRLEN_I(rhs)) {
+			if (HASH_I(lhs) != HASH_I(rhs) && STRLEN_I(lhs) != STRLEN_I(rhs)) {
 				return false;
 			}
 			return !strncmp(AS_IDENTIFIER(lhs), AS_IDENTIFIER(rhs), STRLEN_I(lhs));
@@ -250,25 +269,6 @@ bool literalsAreEqual(Literal lhs, Literal rhs) {
 	}
 }
 
-//hash functions
-static unsigned int hashString(const char* string, int length) {
-	unsigned int hash = 2166136261u;
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-		hash *= string[i];
-		hash *= 16777619;
-	}
-
-	return hash;
-}
-
-static unsigned int hash(unsigned int x) {
-    x = ((x >> 16) ^ x) * 0x45d9f3b;
-    x = ((x >> 16) ^ x) * 0x45d9f3b;
-    x = (x >> 16) ^ x;
-    return x;
-}
-
 int hashLiteral(Literal lit) {
 	switch(lit.type) {
 		case LITERAL_NULL:
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int hashLiteral(Literal lit) {
 		}
 
 		case LITERAL_IDENTIFIER:
-			return hashString(AS_IDENTIFIER(lit), STRLEN_I(lit));
+			return HASH_I(lit); //pre-computed
 
 		default:
 			//should never bee seen
diff --git a/source/literal.h b/source/literal.h
index dcced93..2aba053 100644
--- a/source/literal.h
+++ b/source/literal.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef struct {
 		struct { //for variable names
             char* ptr;
             int length;
+			int hash;
         } identifier;
 
 		//TODO: type
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ void freeLiteral(Literal literal);
 
 #define STRLEN(lit)		((lit).as.string.length)
 #define STRLEN_I(lit)	((lit).as.identifier.length)
-#define TYPES(lit)		((lit).as.identifier.types)
+#define HASH_I(lit)		((lit).as.identifier.hash)
 
 //BUGFIX: macros are not functions
 bool _isTruthy(Literal x);
diff --git a/source/parser.c b/source/parser.c
index be22284..b2a705b 100644
--- a/source/parser.c
+++ b/source/parser.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ ParseRule* getRule(TokenType type) {
 	return &parseRules[type];
 }
 
-//static analasys
+//constant folding
 static bool calcStaticBinaryArithmetic(Node** nodeHandle) {
 	switch((*nodeHandle)->binary.opcode) {
 		case OP_ADDITION: