it's not the static typing that makes a difference, it's the compilation. As an extreme example, asm is very much not statically typed (hell it's not even cons

it's not the static typing that makes a difference, it's the compilation. As an extreme example, asm is very much not statically typed (hell it's not even considered typed in most circles), and it beats the pants off of Java. As another, less flippant, example, Julia will typically beat Java in most long-running algorithms (but probably not time-to-first-x), because it doesn't have a well-optimized-for-compilation-speed compiler, but it does have a better-optimized-for-running-speed compiler for many scientific tasks. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/julia.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...