> And V8 is definitely not “the fastest” interpreted language - I have found that LuaJIT performs much better for my needs.
According to a 2021 performance test¹, Lua with LuaJIT is slower than JavaScript with V8. Note that the "quite slow" JavaScript running on V8 is nearly as fast as Java.
According to a 2021 performance test¹, Lua with LuaJIT is slower than JavaScript with V8. Note that the "quite slow" JavaScript running on V8 is nearly as fast as Java.
¹ https://eklausmeier.goip.de/blog/2021/07-13-performance-comp...