One thing to remember about a lot of JVM language benchmarks is that they include the startup time for the JVM. Java code running on a pre-warmed JVM is signif

One thing to remember about a lot of JVM language benchmarks is that they include the startup time for the JVM. Java code running on a pre-warmed JVM is significantly faster, and for short programs can be faster by an order of magnitude (or two). For a good example, check out Nailgun (http://martiansoftware.com/nailgun/background.html http://martiansoftware.com/nailgun/background.html).