In a server-side context the JVM tends to be the most memory efficient out of all platforms that make use of GC. Here's for example the comparison of Ruby MRI w

In a server-side context the JVM tends to be the most memory efficient out of all platforms that make use of GC. Here's for example the comparison of Ruby MRI with JRuby, showing a massive difference in memory usage, and yet many Ruby developers choose to deploy their apps on top of JRuby precisely because of much better memory usage, which is why your reference to these benchmarks is basically useless: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv&data=u64 http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?te...