Even Tcl is faster than (or comparable to) Ruby these days.¹ (Incidentally, Tcl definitely doesn't get enough love for having a very high-quality implementation

Even Tcl is faster than (or comparable to) Ruby these days.¹ (Incidentally, Tcl definitely doesn't get enough love for having a very high-quality implementation.) When the stringly-typed language is competitive in performance, maybe you should reevaluate a bit.² -- ¹According to entirely unreliable microbenchmarks found via quick web searches. ²Not to knock Tcl. I actually love Tcl. One of the reasons I love Tcl is the ease of extending it in languages with better performance.