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"Nonetheless, because most benchmarks run for several seconds, including the startup time does not greatly affect the results."

https://github.com/attractivechaos/plb2#startup-time

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Yes, I saw that and still consider the methodology questionable. A fairer approach might be: time from the cli, including compilation, for compiled languages. (Or warmup the jit compiled code.)

Those are unfounded conjectures. When you show the results for those programs have been greatly affected …

As-in "Wtf kind of benchmark counts the jvm startup time?"

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

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