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I only skimmed the article, but I suspect they are including the time necessary to spin up the executable and any runtime environment prior to executing the rel
by bhauer 4y ago
I only skimmed the article, but I suspect they are including the time necessary to spin up the executable and any runtime environment prior to executing the relevant code.
"Lightning fast" can mean a lot of things, and it might not mean "executables start quickly."
- saagarjha 4y agoSwift executables start fairly quickly.
- bornfreddy 4y agoIf that is the case, it would explain why python is so slow. In my experience the runtime speed of python is good enough for most purposes, but startup time is definitely slow.
- crummy 4y agoIf that were the case, that makes Java's results fairly impressive, given the JVM's slow start time.
- igouy 4y agoMaybe for tiny tiny programs "the JVM's slow start time" is only a few tenths of a second? https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/sometimes-people-just-make-up-stuff.html#jvm-startup-time https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...