[saagarjha]

It speeds up interpreted languages.

[duped]

I get that, but what interpreted language do you want to write iOS apps in when there's Swift and Obj-C right there, with bespoke support and tooling from Apple?

And if you care about performance, why aren't you writing that code in native to begin with?

[saagarjha]

Why would you care about faster cars when planes exist?

[ranger_danger]

https://0x0.st/XJZT.jpg

[ranger_danger]

...Javascript.

[Pulcinella]

And emulation.

[saagarjha]

What is an architecture but a scripting language to interpret? ;)