johnfn@mac ~ % time deno eval 'console.log("hello world")' hello world deno eval 'console.log("hello world")' 0.04s user 0.02s system 87% cpu 0.074 to

johnfn@mac ~ % time deno eval 'console.log("hello world")' hello world deno eval 'console.log("hello world")' 0.04s user 0.02s system 87% cpu 0.074 total johnfn@mac ~ % time bun -e 'console.log("hello world")' hello world bun -e 'console.log("hello world")' 0.01s user 0.00s system 84% cpu 0.013 total That's about 560% faster. Yes, it's a microbenchmark. But you said "absolutely zero chance", not "a very small chance".