Python 3.14 LLVM tail-call interpreter

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Not an expert at all, but I think this blog post from Nelson Elhage about Python 3.14 LLVM performances could interest people here:

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Yes, very interesting investigation! Funny how the supposed perf improvements turned out to be a mirage—but understandable given the regression. I’m intrigued by the tail call interpreter but didn’t see any links to posts about that.

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There was a recent post/discussion on Hacker News about this:

The linked article (and also the article it references) go into great detail about this technique.

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