Python runs just fine on an ARM powered RaspberryPi (and some custom IMX233 ARM hardware I was working on a couple of years back with ARM ARCH Linux on it). I suspect not everything that gcc compiles on x86 will work, but you might be surprised at how much "just works", or has versions available where someone's already done the hard work of ensuring it compiles properly for ARM.

I don't mean it works as in it runs. I mean that the Python Jit would be optimized for X86. It has to run better to be worth the trouble of using this.

What Python jit? Do you mean PyPy?

I assumed the standard python command used a JIT.

Is this really not the case? In 2015?

Nope, CPython compiles source to bytecode (ahead of time), but then interprets that bytecode. There's no JIT.

...except for the aforementioned PyPy. Which is quite good IMO! (and supports ARM)

Fair enough.

Some of the things I might do with these don't really have that "better than the x86 version" comparison in any rel sense. I've got a DigitalOcean droplet and a CloudAtCost VM (and several others) that exclusively get used as remote endpoints for reverse SSH tunnels. These would only need to be slightly less expensive for me to seriously consider adding a French jurisdiction one as well...

The unmetered bandwidth looks useful. With Amazon you'd never know how much you'll end up paying a month, it all depends on your actual traffic.

Because it is a european company falling under european jurisdiction?