If I have understood correctly (I’m a C++ graphics programmer. So don’t know too much about what’s flashy in the web world) V8 only jits. As in it can only produce machine code and there is not even an option to run it as an interpreter.

V8 has a high performance, JIT-less interpreter that disables TurboFan and relies exclusively on Ignition: https://v8.dev/blog/jitless

> Lack of JIT doesn't slow down pages much.

So why do you think so many major companies invest such a huge amount of money in JS JITs? Google, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Mozilla all maintain JS JITs and spend what I guess is hundreds of millions of dollars a year on it.

A budget of $100M, with 50% devoted to salary and a median salary of $250K, would be 200 developers. I seriously doubt any of the companies you name are devoting even a quarter of that to JS JIT development. Yes, they each make significant investments, but let's not weaken the argument by indulging a penchant for hyperbole.

About 200 seems about right to me across all these companies. Have you worked on one of these teams?

> let's not weaken the argument by indulging a penchant for hyperbole

Please don’t be so dismissive and snide - there’s no need for that.

> About 200 seems about right to me across all these companies.

Then your initial estimate was way off, because you were suggesting multiple hundreds of millions and the average salary probably isn't that high.

> there’s no need for that

Honest argument wouldn't require such forceful correction.

I didn't say a hundred million per company.

> Honest argument wouldn't require such forceful correction.

Please try to tone it down.