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> Of the myriad ways to program computers, scripting languages are the most effortless and practical variety. Of these, the web browser scripting language (Java

> Of the myriad ways to program computers, scripting languages are the most effortless and practical variety. Of these, the web browser scripting language (JavaScript) is the fastest, most popular, and the only one with an industrial standardization process. I haven't fully investigated in a few years, but isn't it still true that LuaJIT is is faster than V8 JavaScript? The last I saw it was outperforming V8 by a lot. The practical use of LuaJIT is still very niche though. The lack of a comprehensive standard library, and being forever stuck on Lua 5.1 makes it even less generally appealing. I still love it for programming Nginx though..

spion 6y ago
AFAIK it hasn't been faster for a while, especially not in the GC area.
gutino 6y ago
Probably the benchamark you saw was just a iteration of any math calc. In real programs V8 js is orders of magnitude faster than LuaJit https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/lua.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
- igouy 6y ago
  fyi as-it-says — Lua 5.4.2 — not LuaJIT
- thysultan 6y ago
  >In real programs V8 js is orders of magnitude faster than LuaJit Fact Check: False LuaJIT is fastest than all JavaScript JIT implementations in existence.