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It's worth noting that the main people I've seen complaining about those benchmarks were people working on Deno or Node :)
by franciscop 4y ago
It's worth noting that the main people I've seen complaining about those benchmarks were people working on Deno or Node :)
- fennecfoxy 4y agoI'd complain about them and I don't work on either of those projects. But I have worked _with_ node for a very long time, and I am intensely familiar with the JS ecosystem's "flavour of the day" culture. I think people are rightfully suspicious of such bold claims. Particularly as Deno came out to much fanfare and self promotion but like...I barely hear of anyone actually using it in production as opposed to node. Not saying that node will be King forever, just that I'm taking a grain of salt.
- culi 4y agoThis is mostly true but I've also yet to see any independent party try to benchmark the runtimes
- franciscop 4y agoAgreed! Just noting that there's conflict of interests all around the place, not just on one side. What seems clear though is that Bun/Jarred really care about performance, since it's a big part of the tweeting/public communication. Maybe the tests are not the best from a real-world comparison, but the fact that he's constantly trying to make every small thing high performance would suggest that performance IS important for Bun. So people might disagree on "how much better", but I'd not be surprised at all if a system built from the ground up with a big focus on performance is faster than the competition.