> The marginal gains in performance aren't justified compared to the amount of energy you end up expending. Come on, we’ve been through this before. At least f

> The marginal gains in performance aren't justified compared to the amount of energy you end up expending. Come on, we’ve been through this before. At least for the past 10 years if not much longer, performance improvements have not actually improved performance, they’ve improved developer productivity. If you create a language that’s half the speed, but developers can program twice as fast in it, it makes sense to use it. Processing power is much cheaper than a $150k+ developer. Also, being first to market can yield outsized gains on competitors.