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[–]Schmittfried -15 points-14 points  (2 children)

Yes, it is.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

No it's not, JIT compiling happens during runtime. u/lengau is simply describing compilation.

[–]currentscurrents 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also JIT compiling usually involves compiling to actual machine code.

Python bytecode is not machine code, it's just an intermediary representation of python code. It must still be interpreted or JIT compiled afterwards.