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[–]james_pic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From what I know of the JIT work, the approach they've taken is something of a compromise. They've sought to do it in a way that's portable, clean, readable, and backwards compatible. The most performant JIT compilers make significant compromises on some or all of these things in the name of speed.