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by ashishb 474 days ago
> "Oh the Go dockerfile is smaller" Yes you compiled it and is running a binary. Big woop. Funny how the author not doing the same comparison with node

If I did that with Node, you would say what about Ruby. If I did that with Ruby, you would say what about Zig. There is no end to the list of languages.

> It's an artificial benchmark that means nothing in production

It was a cover illustration, I did not mention that at all. In fact, I demonstrated the resource consumption of Python's docker image. If you have suggestions to make the Python one, I am all ears.

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> If I did that with Node, you would say what about Ruby.

No, because the comparison here is runtimes of interpreted languages

Comparing a compiled binary to the python/node/ruby runtime is comparing Apples to Oranges

Why do I have to restrict myself to interpreted languages only?