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		LuaJIT 2.0 Beta released, making Lua the fastest interpreted language (debian.org)
		1 point by compay on Nov 2, 2009 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

compay on Nov 2, 2009 | [–]

Link goes to the benchmark shootout, the actual announcement it here:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/58814

Congrats to Mike Pall on an impressive solo achievement.

wmf on Nov 2, 2009 | [–]

I'm not sure what this link is trying to tell me. Faster than JavaScript but slower than Java is "the fastest interpreted language"?

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