alt Hacker NewsFor what kinds of applications is LuaJIT being used? I’ve always found the standard interpreter fast enough for my needs. Especially when compared to Python.
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ComputerGuru • today at 4:20 AM
If Python is your baseline, LuaJit is certainly going to be overkill. But to answer your question: when and where latency matters. Web apps, text editors, etc.
Anywhere where you run hot loops in Lua inside your own hot loop. Game engines and network appliances are the most common use cases.