New Issue: Improve the performance of slices and rank change operations

24343, "mppf", "Improve the performance of slices and rank change operations", "2024-02-06T15:05:32Z"

The performance of array slice and rank change operations is not what users expect. Users who are coming from other languages (at least Fortran and I think numpy) expect these slice operations to be fast but they have high overhead in Chapel today. I think we need to prioritize improving this situation as it has been a show-stopper for some potential users.

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