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Why should CPython have a JIT? A good JIT is hard to write, and harder to retrofit. It usually increases startup times, attack surface, and code complexity. Be
by creata 6y ago
Why should CPython have a JIT?
A good JIT is hard to write, and harder to retrofit. It usually increases startup times, attack surface, and code complexity. Besides, Python already has a handful of JIT-based implementations, and I don't see how adding the reference implementation (which out to be simple!) to that list really improves anything.
- tasubotadas 6y agoYou wrote a lot but didn't contribute to answering the question.
- creata 6y ago1. That's not a lot. 2. It's a forum, not everything has to be a direct response. 3. Either way, this was a direct response: CPython does not have a JIT because there's little reason for it to have a JIT, and many good reasons why it shouldn't. 4. If you want a JIT'd Python so badly, why not use PyPy?