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by nine_k 2883 days ago
In short: a reasonably compliant, customizable VM without native dependencies, great for running code in cross-platform sandboxes.

A JIT is planned but not yet implemented.
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sanxiyn 2883 days ago
> A JIT is planned but not yet implemented.

I see "Life (JIT)" in the benchmark plot. What is it?

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wrs 2883 days ago
Well, there’s one in the repo that generates C code from the bytecode, compiles it with cc, and dynamic-loads it.
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nutjob2 2883 days ago
It does in fact have a JIT, but just for (32 bit) x86.
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