Top "Jit" questions

Just-In-Time compilation (JIT) is a technique used to improve the performance of interpreted code by translating it to machine code.

What exactly does -XX:-TieredCompilation do?

Using java -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal I found the TieredCompilation flag, and I read about it a bit online. Yet, I still …

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numba - TypingError: cannot determine Numba type of <class 'builtin_function_or_method'>

I have a simple function to rank poker hands (the hands are strings). I call it with rA,rB = rank(…

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What are the advantages of just-in-time compilation versus ahead-of-time compilation?

I've been thinking about it lately, and it seems to me that most advantages given to JIT compilation should more …

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What are the differences between a Just-in-Time-Compiler and an Interpreter?

What are the differences between a Just-in-Time-Compiler and an Interpreter, and are there differences between the .NET and the Java …

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Do any JVM's JIT compilers generate code that uses vectorized floating point instructions?

Let's say the bottleneck of my Java program really is some tight loops to compute a bunch of vector dot …

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JIT vs Interpreters

I couldn't find the difference between JIT and Interpreters. Jit is intermediary to Interpreters and Compilers. During runtime, it converts …

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Why is llvm considered unsuitable for implementing a JIT?

Many dynamic languages implement (or want to implement) a JIT Compiler in order to speed up their execution times. Inevitably, …

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Why is Java faster when using a JIT vs. compiling to machine code?

I have heard that Java must use a JIT to be fast. This makes perfect sense when comparing to interpretation, …

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JavaScript Just In Time compilation

I have a quite big JavaScript for HTML page for a device. But it's a bit slow. I tried compressing …

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Why is LuaJIT so good?

EDIT: unfortunately LuaJIT was taken out of the comparison in the link below. This comparison of programming languages shows that …

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