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		swolchok on June 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Ema... node.js isn't interpreted; it uses V8, which is a JIT.

dkarl on June 6, 2011 | [–]

No matter how the underlying implementation works, programming in neither Emacs Lisp nor Javascript could be described as "sticking close to machine code the whole time," as the original comment stated.

technomancy on June 5, 2011 | [–]

Emacs Lisp is also typically byte-compiled.

mahmud on June 6, 2011 | [–]

JIT != byte compilation.

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