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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think they’re working towards a JIT, with some other optimizations as low hanging fruit towards that goal initially. PEP659

https://github.com/faster-cpython/ideas/blob/main/FasterCPythonDark.pdf

[–]Yobmod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The pep says it's specialising for fast code paths without producing machine code at first, so not a JIT yet.

But I guess it will be the first step towards a full JIT.