Surprisingly on-topic :-) For the curious, the reference is within this article: "We seek the following from the BDFL: Approval for the overall concept of addi

Surprisingly on-topic :-) For the curious, the reference is within this article: "We seek the following from the BDFL: Approval for the overall concept of adding a just-in-time compiler to CPython, following the design laid out below. Permission to continue working on the just-in-time compiler in the CPython source tree. Permission to eventually merge the just-in-time compiler into the py3k branch once all blocking issues have been addressed. A pony."