To clarify, when this group says AST interpreter they mean ones that also have a JIT attached, such as what you get with RPython or GraalVM.
If AST interpreters without a JIT perform better than reasonably-written bytecode interpreters via some technique or for some workload (other than just short-running scripts, which is fair), I'd love to learn about it!
If AST interpreters without a JIT perform better than reasonably-written bytecode interpreters via some technique or for some workload (other than just short-running scripts, which is fair), I'd love to learn about it!