LuaJIT is considerably faster in pure CPU benchmarks than JavaScript. It is also faster than C in some cases unless you are hand optimizing your assembly. See:

LuaJIT is considerably faster in pure CPU benchmarks than JavaScript. It is also faster than C in some cases unless you are hand optimizing your assembly. See: https://gist.github.com/spion/3049314 https://gist.github.com/spion/3049314 https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=18260.15 https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=18260.15