how does this compare to a normal JIT compiled language? Hacking on performance to Python seems really brittle
bwasti@bwasti-mbp code % time python3 prime.py
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python3 prime.py 3.86s user 0.02s system 98% cpu 3.938 total
bwasti@bwasti-mbp code % time bun prime.js
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bun prime.js 0.07s user 0.02s system 74% cpu 0.125 total src time node primes.js
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node primes.js 1.75s user 0.05s system 102% cpu 1.761 total
src time node --jitless primes.js
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node --jitless primes.js 5.06s user 0.04s system 100% cpu 5.088 total
src time python primes.py
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python primes.py 4.27s user 0.03s system 100% cpu 4.276 total
src asdf shell python pypy3.9-7.3.9
src time python primes.py
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python primes.py 0.91s user 0.07s system 100% cpu 0.970 total
Actually relatively on par with one another.