> Both Java and Node.js offer excellent performance, running counter to the myth that JavaScript is slow and therefore Node.js performance must be bad > Node.j

> Both Java and Node.js offer excellent performance, running counter to the myth that JavaScript is slow and therefore Node.js performance must be bad > Node.js performance is riding the coattails of Google investment in V8 to speed up the Chrome browser > The intense competition between browsers is making JavaScript more and more powerful every year, benefitting Node.js Sounds ammmmazing! So JS is really damn fast and on a par with Java, right? But wait, are there any numbers? https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r16&hw=ph&test=fortune&l=hra073 https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r16&hw=... Ouch.