I think you're forgetting the gold standard in dynamic languages from the 80s: Common Lisp. It's still around, and it's still faster than almost every other dyn

I think you're forgetting the gold standard in dynamic languages from the 80s: Common Lisp. It's still around, and it's still faster than almost every other dynamically typed language out there. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=sbcl&lang2=gcc http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=all... Half of the benchmarks are less than a factor of 2x slower than C, which is better than even GHC can do for Haskell. Edit: Disclaimer: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/dont-jump-to-conclusions.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/dont-jump-to-conclusions.p...