> … my point is simply that the benchmark … tries to compare incomparable things. That trump card wasn't actually mentioned in your original comment. The diff

> … my point is simply that the benchmark … tries to compare incomparable things. That trump card wasn't actually mentioned in your original comment. The difficulty is that programming languages (and programming language implementations) are more different than apples and oranges, but the question is still asked - "Will my program be faster if I write it in language X?" - and there's still a wish for a simpler answer than - It depends how you write it! http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/dont-jump-to-conclusions.html#apples-and-oranges http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/dont-jump-to-conclus...