"First, the VMs have have been more performant on the Java side (this might have changed very recently, but this was definitely the case 2-3 years ago)" ... why

"First, the VMs have have been more performant on the Java side (this might have changed very recently, but this was definitely the case 2-3 years ago)" ... why write it, if this argument isn't valid anymore ? I thought it was a known fact these days, the CLR out-performs the JVM ...