how long ago?
I tried it maybe 3 years ago or so, and also ran into a lot of compiler bugs, which I reported. The good news is I saw all of them get fixed! Haven't tried the language since it hit 1.0 recently.
I don't remember, I tried it out a little before it was renamed from Nimrod I think.
I don't think you should be commenting about the current state of the programming language (which is how your first comment comes across) if you haven't used it in over 6 years.
I tried it a few times after that and it still seemed like it was many years away from being competitive with C++/Java/Go