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node.js isn't interpreted; it uses V8, which is a JIT.
by swolchok 15y ago
node.js isn't interpreted; it uses V8, which is a JIT.
- technomancy 15y agoEmacs Lisp is also typically byte-compiled.
- mahmud 15y agoJIT != byte compilation.
- dkarl 15y agoNo matter how the underlying implementation works, programming in neither Emacs Lisp nor Javascript could be described as "sticking close to machine code the whole time," as the original comment stated.