[tumult]

V8 is implemented in C++, so should you count it as just a really bad C++ benchmark?

The Lua benchmark uses features Lua can use. JavaScript does not have that feature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_tarpit

[olliej]

If you're claiming that your interpreter is faster than someone elses you can't make your test depend on a native library for the bulk of the work. That may be a valid argument for "my language is better" but it isn't an argument for my interpreter is faster than yours.

[tumult]

Language Shootout, not Interpreter Shootout. You're playing directly into the Turing tarpit.