JIT has been mentioned in the faster-cpython work though. But you're right to be skeptical, they are putting it off too ("it's not 3.11 and maybe not for 3.12")

JIT has been mentioned in the faster-cpython work though. But you're right to be skeptical, they are putting it off too ("it's not 3.11 and maybe not for 3.12"), and it's not something that can be added easily between two releases.