Exactly. You've said it yourself - you cannot rely on the results to tell if a language is faster than another. That was the original context of my claim, and you are admitting it yourself.
I said - "You can rely on the results."
Please say what you mean by "a language is faster than another".
Please say what in The Java™ Language Specification tells us that "language is faster than another."
Exactly. You can't use the results to say that one language is faster than another. It doesn't even make sense.
(That's the context of the conversation, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4851781)
>> You can't use the results to say that... <<
That's a different claim.
>> It doesn't even make sense <<
That depends on what `notJim` meant by "to compare speeds of programming languages".
`notJim` might have thought that everyone would understand he was talking about particular language implementations and particular tasks and particular programs.
> Feel free to make a claim...
The only point of "this dance" was to help people understand that you are putting words into my mouth.