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Hasn't Microsoft experimented with disabling the JIT for security reasons?[1] Doesn't have much relevance for Python at the moment, but I'm just mentioning it t
by Sol- 4y ago
Hasn't Microsoft experimented with disabling the JIT for security reasons?[1] Doesn't have much relevance for Python at the moment, but I'm just mentioning it to underline that a modern JIT can be very complex thing and keeping it simple for 3.11 seems like a very reasonable requirement.
[1] Random google result as source:
https://www.cyclonis.com/microsoft-edge-tests-disabling-javascript-jit-compiler-boost-security/ https://www.cyclonis.com/microsoft-edge-tests-disabling-java...
- pjmlp 4y agoThat isn't what is being discussed here, every JIT has a potential for eventually generating code patterns susceptible of exploits.