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> Running the Python interpreter inside a Javascript virtual machine adds a performance penalty, but that penalty turns out to be surprisingly small — in our be
by staticassertion 5y ago
> Running the Python interpreter inside a Javascript virtual machine adds a performance penalty, but that penalty turns out to be surprisingly small — in our benchmarks, around 1x-12x slower than native on Firefox and 1x-16x slower on Chrome. Experience shows that this is very usable for interactive exploration.
I seriously question these benchmarks.
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- azakai 5y agoThat data is from 2 years ago. Lower down in the post it has an update for the present: > performance since the 2019 announcement has improved greatly: "Performance ranges between near native to up to 3 to 5 times slower, depending on the benchmark."