Both statements, because unless otherwise qualified you're comparing apples to oranges when you say Java compiles as fast as Go. There's always going to be more

Both statements, because unless otherwise qualified you're comparing apples to oranges when you say Java compiles as fast as Go. There's always going to be more overhead on running the Java bytecode on the JVM than there will be when running the native instructions generated by a compiler (even as "unoptimized" as Go is). And someone that makes that assertion with a straight face without this caveat is not someone that should be dissing Rob Pike about language design.