diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expression_.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expression_.cs
index d0235bbb..f33d26ca 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expression_.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expression_.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution.VM;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree
 {
@@ -17,6 +20,18 @@ public virtual string GetFriendlyDebugName()
 
 		public abstract DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context);
 
+		public abstract bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv);
+
+		public void CompilePossibleLiteral(ByteCode bc)
+		{
+			if (EvalLiteral(out var dv))
+			{
+				if(dv == null) throw new NullReferenceException("Invalid literal: null");
+				bc.Emit_Literal(dv);
+			}
+			else Compile(bc);
+		}
+
 		public virtual SymbolRef FindDynamic(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			return null;
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/AdjustmentExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/AdjustmentExpression.cs
index 26489201..821cd214 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/AdjustmentExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/AdjustmentExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -23,5 +24,15 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			return expression.Eval(context).ToScalar();
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			if (expression.EvalLiteral(out dv))
+			{
+				dv = dv.ToScalar();
+				return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/BinaryOperatorExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/BinaryOperatorExpression.cs
index 255039f5..3c80b19e 100755
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/BinaryOperatorExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/BinaryOperatorExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution.VM;
 
@@ -299,12 +300,12 @@ private static OpCode OperatorToOpCode(Operator op)
 
 		public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 		{
-			m_Exp1.Compile(bc);
+			m_Exp1.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 
 			if (m_Operator == Operator.Or)
 			{
 				Instruction i = bc.Emit_Jump(OpCode.JtOrPop, -1);
-				m_Exp2.Compile(bc);
+				m_Exp2.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 				i.NumVal = bc.GetJumpPointForNextInstruction();
 				return;
 			}
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 			if (m_Operator == Operator.And)
 			{
 				Instruction i = bc.Emit_Jump(OpCode.JfOrPop, -1);
-				m_Exp2.Compile(bc);
+				m_Exp2.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 				i.NumVal = bc.GetJumpPointForNextInstruction();
 				return;
 			}
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 
 			if (m_Exp2 != null)
 			{
-				m_Exp2.Compile(bc);
+				m_Exp2.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 			}
 
 			bc.Emit_Operator(OperatorToOpCode(m_Operator));
@@ -329,6 +330,50 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 				bc.Emit_Operator(OpCode.Not);
 		}
 
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			if (!m_Exp1.EvalLiteral(out var v1))
+				return false;
+			v1 = v1.ToScalar();
+			if (!m_Exp2.EvalLiteral(out var v2))
+				return false;
+			v2 = v2.ToScalar();
+			if (m_Operator == Operator.Or)
+			{
+				if (v1.CastToBool())
+					dv = v1;
+				else 
+					dv = v2;
+			}
+			else if (m_Operator == Operator.And)
+			{
+				if (!v1.CastToBool())
+					dv = v1;
+				else
+					dv = v2;
+			}
+			else if ((m_Operator & COMPARES) != 0)
+			{
+				dv  = DynValue.NewBoolean(EvalComparison(v1, v2, m_Operator));
+			}
+			else if (m_Operator == Operator.StrConcat)
+			{
+				string s1 = v1.CastToString();
+				string s2 = v2.CastToString();
+
+				if (s1 == null || s2 == null)
+					throw new DynamicExpressionException("Attempt to perform concatenation on non-strings.");
+
+				dv = DynValue.NewString(s1 + s2);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				dv = DynValue.NewNumber(EvalArithmetic(v1, v2));
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			DynValue v1 = m_Exp1.Eval(context).ToScalar();
@@ -398,6 +443,8 @@ private double EvalArithmetic(DynValue v1, DynValue v2)
 						if (mod < 0) mod += d2;
 						return mod;
 					}
+				case Operator.Power:
+					return Math.Pow(d1, d2);
 				default:
 					throw new DynamicExpressionException("Unsupported operator {0}", m_Operator);
 			}
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/DynamicExprExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/DynamicExprExpression.cs
index 80a5491a..46f6359e 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/DynamicExprExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/DynamicExprExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 			return m_Exp.Eval(context);
 		}
 
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			throw new InvalidOperationException();
+		}
+
 		public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 		{
 			throw new InvalidOperationException();
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/ExprListExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/ExprListExpression.cs
index c300a618..6e8e8110 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/ExprListExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/ExprListExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public Expression[] GetExpressions()
 		public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 		{
 			foreach (var exp in expressions)
-				exp.Compile(bc);
+				exp.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 
 			if (expressions.Count > 1)
 				bc.Emit_MkTuple(expressions.Count);
@@ -35,5 +36,11 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 
 			return DynValue.Void;
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionCallExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionCallExpression.cs
index e0e8018f..67d94fe5 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionCallExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionCallExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Debugging;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
@@ -80,8 +81,9 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 				++argslen;
 			}
 
+			
 			for (int i = 0; i < m_Arguments.Count; i++)
-				m_Arguments[i].Compile(bc);
+				m_Arguments[i].CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 
 			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_Name))
 			{
@@ -93,6 +95,12 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 			}
 		}
 
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			throw new DynamicExpressionException("Dynamic Expressions cannot call functions.");
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionDefinitionExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionDefinitionExpression.cs
index 3146cedb..8f450b51 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionDefinitionExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/FunctionDefinitionExpression.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Debugging;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution.VM;
@@ -250,6 +251,12 @@ public int Compile(ByteCode bc, Func<int> afterDecl, string friendlyName)
 			return CompileBody(bc, friendlyName);
 		}
 
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
+
 
 		public override void Compile(ByteCode bc)
 		{
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/IndexExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/IndexExpression.cs
index 1e81aeaf..65065793 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/IndexExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/IndexExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution.VM;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -74,5 +75,11 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 			else if (i.IsNilOrNan()) throw new DynamicExpressionException("Attempt to index with nil or nan key.");
 			return b.Table.Get(i) ?? DynValue.Nil;
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/LiteralExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/LiteralExpression.cs
index 9580c60c..d9a49692 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/LiteralExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/LiteralExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
 {
@@ -61,5 +62,11 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			return m_Value;
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = m_Value;
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/SymbolRefExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/SymbolRefExpression.cs
index 722c1d60..afba41f0 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/SymbolRefExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/SymbolRefExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
 {
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 			return context.EvaluateSymbolByName(m_VarName);
 		}
 
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		public override SymbolRef FindDynamic(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 		{
 			return context.FindSymbolByName(m_VarName);
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/TableConstructor.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/TableConstructor.cs
index be4093ca..bf7fd47a 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/TableConstructor.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/TableConstructor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -131,5 +132,11 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 
 			return tval;
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/UnaryOperatorExpression.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/UnaryOperatorExpression.cs
index ec763585..5fed5b45 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/UnaryOperatorExpression.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Expressions/UnaryOperatorExpression.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
+using System;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.DataStructs;
+using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter.Execution.VM;
 
 namespace MoonSharp.Interpreter.Tree.Expressions
@@ -62,5 +64,31 @@ public override DynValue Eval(ScriptExecutionContext context)
 					throw new DynamicExpressionException("Unexpected unary operator '{0}'", m_OpText);
 			}
 		}
+
+		public override bool EvalLiteral(out DynValue dv)
+		{
+			dv = null;
+			if (!m_Exp.EvalLiteral(out var v))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+			switch (m_OpText)
+			{
+				case "not":
+					dv = DynValue.NewBoolean(!v.CastToBool());
+					return true;
+				case "#":
+					return false;
+				case "-":
+					double? d = v.CastToNumber();
+					if (d.HasValue)
+					{
+						dv = DynValue.NewNumber(-d.Value);
+						return true;
+					}
+					break;
+			}
+			throw new Exception("Invalid literal evaluation");
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/AssignmentStatement.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/AssignmentStatement.cs
index a82fe67a..5546627f 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/AssignmentStatement.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/AssignmentStatement.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 			{
 				foreach (var exp in m_RValues)
 				{
-					exp.Compile(bc);
+					exp.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 				}
 
 				for (int i = 0; i < m_LValues.Count; i++)
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ForLoopStatement.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ForLoopStatement.cs
index 614c50b3..64454f3b 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ForLoopStatement.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ForLoopStatement.cs
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ public override void Compile(ByteCode bc)
 
 			bc.LoopTracker.Loops.Push(L);
 
-			m_End.Compile(bc);
+			m_End.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 			bc.Emit_ToNum(3);
 			m_Step.Compile(bc);
 			bc.Emit_ToNum(2);
-			m_Start.Compile(bc);
+			m_Start.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 			bc.Emit_ToNum(1);
 
 			int start = bc.GetJumpPointForNextInstruction();
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/IfStatement.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/IfStatement.cs
index 5f5dda5a..8433caed 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/IfStatement.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/IfStatement.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 					if (lastIfJmp != null)
 						lastIfJmp.NumVal = bc.GetJumpPointForNextInstruction();
 
-					ifblock.Exp.Compile(bc);
+					ifblock.Exp.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 					lastIfJmp = bc.Emit_Jump(OpCode.Jf, -1);
 					bc.Emit_Enter(ifblock.StackFrame);
 					ifblock.Block.Compile(bc);
diff --git a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ReturnStatement.cs b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ReturnStatement.cs
index e0ab2f98..b24262e3 100644
--- a/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ReturnStatement.cs
+++ b/src/MoonSharp.Interpreter/Tree/Statements/ReturnStatement.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public override void Compile(Execution.VM.ByteCode bc)
 			{
 				if (m_Expression != null)
 				{
-					m_Expression.Compile(bc);
+					m_Expression.CompilePossibleLiteral(bc);
 					bc.Emit_Ret(1);
 				}
 				else