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> Of course both Python and JS are high-level interpreted languages where high-performance use cases aren't the foremost priority. Modern JS engines are all pr
by willseth 6y ago
> Of course both Python and JS are high-level interpreted languages where high-performance use cases aren't the foremost priority.
Modern JS engines are all primarily JIT-based, generally only interpreting code when it's faster than waiting on the JIT. JS JITs are quite good now, and in many cases will produce optimized C-equivalent compiled code from fairly naive JS.