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by jakobnissen 907 days ago
Javascript doesn't compile to native code, so isn't as fast. I've never tried LuaJIT, though, that's supposed to be on par with Julia.
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ReleaseCandidat 907 days ago
> Javascript doesn't compile to native code, so isn't as fast.

There are AOT compilers for JS.

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jakobnissen 907 days ago
So there is for Python, but it's still slow. JS has slow semantics. It can't be made in the same performance league as Julia.
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yabbs 907 days ago
I think you mean Julia is on par with LuaJIT? ..maybe exceeds?
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