3 ms·

node has no jvm, node starts up in milliseconds. node _is_ faster

• UncleOxidant 15y ago
  ...to start up anyway.
  • jshen 15y ago
    which is unimportant to a large class of apps.
• runevault 15y ago
  For most anything server based (which is how I would use Node if I were to pick it up) startup time should not matter because the server just remains running... making that comparison pointless at best and disingenuous at worst.