Why do you think this is language zealotry? I am very interested in a language that gives benefits of dynamic languages and speed of statically typed ones. So b

Why do you think this is language zealotry? I am very interested in a language that gives benefits of dynamic languages and speed of statically typed ones. So benchmarks like this are important and I wish more of the octane benchmark was also ported to Java and pitted against dart for comparison. Also check this one: http://dartogreniyorum.blogspot.ch/2013/05/performance-optimization-and-dart.html http://dartogreniyorum.blogspot.ch/2013/05/performance-optim... and later with Simd: http://dartogreniyorum.blogspot.ch/2013/05/dart-beats-java-in-numerical-computing.html http://dartogreniyorum.blogspot.ch/2013/05/dart-beats-java-i... Btw, I think even with the modifications made to Java version mentioned in the link you gave, I think latest version of dart now beats Java. Edit: Author of blog post also compared Richards and Tracer benchmarks: http://bonovox.be/blog/dart-vs-java-richards-and-tracer/ http://bonovox.be/blog/dart-vs-java-richards-and-tracer/