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> We now write everything in one of the worst and least optimizable languages this side of TCL, and that doesn’t hold back deployment. Javascript? If so, why
by jjtheblunt 2y ago
> We now write everything in one of the worst and least optimizable languages this side of TCL, and that doesn’t hold back deployment.
Javascript?
If so, why do you say it's a least optimizable language?
Do you mean for ahead-of-time single point in time static compilation, rather than code evolving within a JIT afforded real runtime statistics?
I don't have numbers but as an old optimizing compiler person I'm asking because it's plausible you know datasets i have not seen.
- benrutter 2y agoI assumed they were referring to Python which is after javascript arguably the most used language and also known to be one of the slowest. https://niklas-heer.github.io/speed-comparison/ https://niklas-heer.github.io/speed-comparison/ Honestly though, you could probably take your pick. Javascript is suprisingly fast for such a dynamic intepretted language, but PHP, Python and Ruby are all simultaneously some of the most used languages and the slowest.
- hayley-patton 2y agoImplementations interpret, languages don't; PyPy compiles and is about half the speed of V8. But one should put micro trust in a micro benchmark in general.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoYou just reminded me that ive not seen jython or ironpython for years…now curious how they fare!