Comment by gorjusborg
Comment by gorjusborg 16 hours ago
Yet I've witnessed Lua 5.1 launching faster than luajit for some of my use cases.
My point still stands though. Don't just use LuaJIT thinking it will magically make things faster in all cases. If you are embedding, LuaJIT is a no-brainer. If you are using a stand-alone interpreter, measure if you care about reality.
> If you are embedding, LuaJIT is a no-brainer. If you are using a stand-alone interpreter, measure if you care about reality.
This seems backwards. Lua is easier to embed and luajit is just as easy to install standalone and has zero downsides.