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@@ -411,15 +411,10 @@ sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine * <tt>--enable=jit</tt> option is added to enable JIT. <tt>--jit-verbose=1</tt> is good for inspection. See <tt>ruby --help</tt> for others. - * This JIT relies on C compiler used to build Ruby, on runtime. Only - gcc and clang are supported for the JIT for now, and MinGW support has - some issues. - * As of 2.6.0-preview1, we're just preparing infrastructure for JIT and - very few optimizations are implemented. So it's not ready for - benchmarking Ruby's JIT performance yet. It's known that current JIT - enablement makes Rails application slower for now. + * To generate machine code, this JIT compiler uses C compiler used for building + the interpreter. Currently GCC, Clang and Microsoft Visual C++ are supported for it. * rb_waitpid reimplemented on Unix-like platforms to maintain - compatibility [Bug #14867] + compatibility with processes created for JIT [Bug #14867] * VM generator script renewal; makes the generated VM more optimized. [GH-1779] |