On: What Blocks Ruby and Python from Getting to JavaScript V8 Speed?

[agounaris]

have you guys actually tried anything else than serving web requests with node...because for any other backend procedure node is not faster....and definitely the code is not cleaner!

Check also atom vs sublime text as desktop applications...

[city41 → agounaris]

I'm not sure how the comparison is relevant seeing as Sublime Text is written in C++. What am I missing?

[aikah → city41]

Atom is written in js + chrome "engine" for the ui.

Javascript is fast enough,the problem is that Atom is basically using browser rendering for the ui,which isn't as fast as using c++ widgets.

[TheAceOfHearts → agounaris]

JS is considerably faster than both Ruby and Python, at least from benchmarks I've seen.