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Reflections on 2 years of CPython's JIT Compiler


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This also assumes the interpreter doesn’t get hit by random performance bugs on the side (which has happened many times now). However, in good conscience, and as an aspiring scientist, I can’t stand by and watch people say the 3.13 JIT is “2-9%” faster than the intepreter. Again, users on the Python Discourse forum and privately have shared performance numbers where the JIT is a significant regression for them.

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