This is so true! A JIT compiler is a big deal for performance improvements, especially where it matters (in large repetitive loops). Anyone cynical about the

This is so true! A JIT compiler is a big deal for performance improvements, especially where it matters (in large repetitive loops). Anyone cynical about the potential a python JIT offers should take a look at pypy which has a 5x speed up over regular python, mainly though JIT operations: https://www.pypy.org/ https://www.pypy.org/