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Java, JavaScript, .NET, forks of Lua, forks of Python, and others are JIT compiled.

So I am not sure what you are saying. Everyone that is able to is compiling their stuff to try to regain some efficiency.

The reason is that people wants to do more complex things with their software nowadays, and hardware can't keep up with the trend. There is also battery life, smartphones, tablets...

Those are the reasons we are seeing a resurgence of native development.

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I’m not referring to “native” as in compiles down to x86 and doesn’t need a runtime. I’m referring to native as the opposite of a cross platform framework that produces apps that don’t take advantage of the native OS’s look and feel.

This isn’t just me being a Mac snob. I found Apple’s few Windows apps over the years to be just as bad.