Sure, hence the qualifier "most of the time". A good example of where this is important is in a tracing JIT. Do you want to compile after 1000 iterations or 10

Sure, hence the qualifier "most of the time". A good example of where this is important is in a tracing JIT. Do you want to compile after 1000 iterations or 10,000 iterations? Faster JIT compilation means it can kick in much earlier.