>> So, anything that uses a JIT, such as the LLVM JIT, is not "native"? > Correct. Oh, come on. You can't seriously believe this nonsense. A native C++ progra

>> So, anything that uses a JIT, such as the LLVM JIT, is not "native"? > Correct. Oh, come on. You can't seriously believe this nonsense. A native C++ program embedding (for example, to parametrically specialize some constructs at run time) an LLVM JIT which is in C++ again is going to be as native as they come. > I presume the core of Emacs is C. Ergo, native. And that C++ program I mentioned isn't, according to you, even though most of Emacs is delivered in interpreted byte code form. And if Emacs stated JITting the bytecode, it would cease being native. You really seem to have some weird and/or inconsistent definitions.