A 'properly tuned' JVM can run circles around many things. A default out of the box JVM with some compiled Java? No stinkin way. Configuring the JVM takes someo

A 'properly tuned' JVM can run circles around many things. A default out of the box JVM with some compiled Java? No stinkin way. Configuring the JVM takes someone with deep intimate understanding of JVM theory. Now,the default Go compiled program is going to fire right up and get going while the JVM is still warming up. (Yes, I know there are countless things one can do to make Hotspot do amazing things) But the average default user? No... they're still going to say "the JVM is slow" and from their perspective, they're not wrong... just not knowledgeable enough to configure a ton of settings.