[smegel]

> Broadly speaking, a JIT (or just-in-time) compiler is a piece of code that translates some kind of program code into machine instructions for the host CPU.

No, that's a compiler.

[taneq]

It's almost like JIT is short for "just-in-time compiler" or something.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

The author goes on to clarify right in the next sentence...

[adwhit]

I love the idea that someone got this far into the article, then stopped in a furious rage to fire off a missive to the HN collective. If only they had read on just One. More. Line!

[rjblackman]

compilers can be used to make machine instructions for a none host CPU. he just missed out the runtime part for a jit.

[mathw]

Except he didn't, it's in the very next sentence.