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Python's experimental JIT to be removed

Joe Brockmeier, lwn.net, Technology

A detailed news report on how PEP 836's rejection-by-feedback and withdrawal leads to CPython's experimental JIT being removed from main.

What it adds

Reports the full arc from the June pause to the October withdrawal, including the council's specific objections to PEP 836 and why no alternative PEP is likely.

Claim by claim

• 8 the author's own
• 0 an AI would say
• 3 known elsewhere
• 0 common knowledge

Its strongest original claims

• The JIT maintainers withdrew PEP 836 and development of CPython's JIT appears to have ended.
• Wouters said no single event triggered the request; the concern was interference with instrumentation, external JITs and other work.
• Commenters including Wouters and Shannon felt PEP 836 should be split into two PEPs.
• The council said the PEP was not specific enough on support plans and performance criteria and too optimistic elsewhere, listing ten items.
• The council called security underserved and wanted compatibility review far earlier than the 3.17 RC in August 2028.

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