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[-] Zangoose@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Technically I think python already has an intermediate step that it uses before it starts running a script that compiles it into a lower-ish language (at least the cpython interpreter does this, it probably isn't a part of the language specification though)

The actual line between JIT languages and interpreted languages is pretty thin since I think most interpreted languages do something similar to minimize the amount that needs to be done at runtime

[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think at this point in time it JIT compiles into byte code and cached which is more efficiently interpreted the next time that function is called.

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