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JavaScript in the context of Node is a (just-in-time) compiled language. And compilation in and of itself is not a magical conferrer of speed or resource effici
by filleduchaos 9y ago
JavaScript in the context of Node is a (just-in-time) compiled language. And compilation in and of itself is not a magical conferrer of speed or resource efficiency, and there is a wide range of performance among compiled languages. A shitty compiler will produce shitty machine code. And while V8 is an amazing project, there's the mild inconvenience of JS/Node not even approaching languages like C, C++ or Rust in speed or memory efficiency.
- mabynogy 9y agoIt is faster in real life when you include compiletimes.
- filleduchaos 9y agoI mean, if you want to go right ahead and admit that you have so few users/your users use your product so little that build time is a significant metric for you vs runtime performance costs, I won't stop you
- mabynogy 9y agoJavascript is one the most used language. Even HN uses it a bit.