> I think that by “between python and java” they meant “faster than python and slower than java”. I think Java still beats JS unless you get lucky. Yeah, that

> I think that by “between python and java” they meant “faster than python and slower than java”. I think Java still beats JS unless you get lucky. Yeah, that is what they meant, but it is a little misleading. Javascript's performance is usually within a single digit multiple of java's, whereas python is often significantly slower. Javascript is somewhere between Java and an abacus too.