[a_wild_dandan]

JavaScript comes to mind. Its benchmarks are a wonderful testament to the immense engineering resources poured into V8.

[nequo]

V8 is very impressive. But in exchange for its speed, it needs more memory. JS code optimized for speed tends to use more memory with Node.js than optimized Haskell or OCaml code:

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...