Post #216 166 Nov 2, 2016, 18:27 UTC https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01100647TLDR: Haswell branch prediction is 10x better, interpreters get 30% faster hal.inria.fr Branch Prediction and the Performance of Interpreters - Don't Trust Folklore Interpreters have been used in many contexts. They provide portability and ease of development at the expense of per-formance. The literature of the past decade covers analysis of why interpreters are slow, and many software techniques to improve them. A…