Obviously, this is a silly benchmark and we should stop giving it any credit. However, even "real world" anecdotes in this area can be a minefield. Take, for

Obviously, this is a silly benchmark and we should stop giving it any credit. However, even "real world" anecdotes in this area can be a minefield. Take, for example, an existing Python application that's slow which requires a rewrite to fix fundamental architectural changes. Because you feel you don't need necessarily need the flexibility of Python the second time around (as you've moved out of the experimental or exploratory phase of development), you decide to rewrite it in, say, Go, or D or $whatever. The finished result turns out to be 100X faster—which is great!—but the danger is always there that you internalise or condense that as "lamby rewrote Python system X in Go and it was 100X faster!"