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How can you compare speeds when you can't run GitHub on your setup? Running a multimillion user service is vastly different from running your own personal server, right?

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End-user usability feel (perceived speed) is all that matters, no ?

Sure, but you can't conclude that the language is the source of GitHub's (relative to this) lesser speed.

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