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by csdvrx 1381 days ago
> Afaik perl is a plain old interpreted language with no JIT, what makes it so fast?

IDK. I didn't waste time checking why.

My guess is that due to the much smaller code size, it reaches a sweetpoint where it fits nicely in the L1 or L2 cache.

But it's just a hunch, I couldn't prove it.