LuaJIT is amazing... :] Keep in mind that the benchmark in question (whetstone) is at best a microbenchmark, and doesn't necessarily reflect the performance of

LuaJIT is amazing... :] Keep in mind that the benchmark in question (whetstone) is at best a microbenchmark, and doesn't necessarily reflect the performance of real apps... Still, it demonstrates how well LuaJIT can nail this sort of tight inner-loop code.