[monos]

please don't make such general statements about some program being X times slower then another program :|

you will not get good performance and easy scalability for free - no matter which tools you choose.

also see: RingoJS vs. Node.js: Runtime Values http://hns.github.com/2010/09/21/benchmark.html and the follow up http://hns.github.com/2010/09/29/benchmark2.html

[ilya_b]

I performed mentioned tests by myself while doing a tech research for online gaming startup. The code for V8 benchmarks is open, and it is very generic, so you can easily perform tests by yourself and see the difference.