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by _cbsz 5488 days ago
node.js isn't interpreted; it uses V8, which is a JIT.
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dkarl 5488 days ago
No matter how the underlying implementation works, programming in neither Emacs Lisp nor Javascript could be described as "sticking close to machine code the whole time," as the original comment stated.
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technomancy 5488 days ago
Emacs Lisp is also typically byte-compiled.
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mahmud 5488 days ago
JIT != byte compilation.
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