> JavaScript isn't as fast as C++ or Rust, but it's pretty fast. Around the speed of Java and Go in some cases, which are compiled. Indeed, JS is pretty darn f

> JavaScript isn't as fast as C++ or Rust, but it's pretty fast. Around the speed of Java and Go in some cases, which are compiled. Indeed, JS is pretty darn fast. Not because of innate characteristics, but because of the human-centuries spent optimizing JIT VMs.