>Finally, if you want fast startup, don't use a scripting language.

Huh? Isn't startup speed one of the points of simpler, less optimized interpretation strategies? I mean, unless you compare it to AOT compilation, which is another story. Those numbers show that Perl and Tcl, both "full featured" scripting languages, don't have the least issue on the matter.

I'm not the kind to freely rain on parades, especially when Raku is already not a popularity king, but I don't think my use of the word "disaster" was unfounded, even if not "very nice".