[scythe]

Lua still has no regex-dna because the standard string functions aren't proper regexes (no choice operator) and LPeg isn't available as a Debian package (which is the real problem).

'course, it'd be hard for LuaJIT to do much better in the shootout than it does now. It's beating C#.

[rtaycher]

Better(actually faster on 1/3, smaller on a 1/3) then mono!!!/c# http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... , mostly slower then java -server http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... . Still impressive.

[mikemike]

If the submissions using low-level types would be included in the total score, LuaJIT would show at around 1.5x instead of 2.5x.