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Re:Node.js 14 is over 20x faster than Python3.8 for fib(n) by tracker1 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:51PM (#26083579)
Probably comes from V8 (JS engine in node), likely being the most heavily optimized language runtime engine ever made.
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Re:Node.js 14 is over 20x faster than Python3.8 for fib(n) by killsgnadfamily on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:46AM (#26111073)
Agreed. They have some of the smartest people working on that.
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Re:Node.js 14 is over 20x faster than Python3.8 for fib(n) by locotower on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:42AM (#26111055)
Yeah, it's definitely because of that.
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