Powershell predates Node by 3 years. They probably didn't base it on anything else since they control .NET. I doubt it's slow because of .NET, it's slow becau

Powershell predates Node by 3 years. They probably didn't base it on anything else since they control .NET. I doubt it's slow because of .NET, it's slow because of either its design or because of under-investment in performance. However... which version of PS are you using? As far as I remember the newer versions are quite fast.