Performance on a simplified task is the least important metric.
BTW, it will be wonderful to see next to these charts "memory used" and "lines of code used, including all dependencies" columns. And "length of stack trace in kilobytes" of course.
Sorry, I didn't read this particular link. I have seen too many of them before. Principles are above particularities.)
Edit: an illustration - closer to real world example chart from the same site:
Let me illustrate the thesis about necessity of proper abstractions and principles grounded in reality in another way.
There are way too many cases of a meaningless bloatware in human history, including writings produced by Hegel, Marx and Engels. There are millions of people suffered because these graphomans have produced 4000+ pages of so-called [political] philosophy, full of pure abstractions, abstract concepts and meta-phisical design patterns. The shit doesn't fly, except for confusing minds of bunch of lesser idiots, which ruined whole nations afterwards.
On the other hands, there are writings after "down to earth" guys, such as Buddha or Christ, or to lesser extent, the guys who wrote Upanishads (which uses rather poetical language) which literally saved, or at least improved, billions of lives. In the realm of philosophy, guys like Tomas Hobbes and Adam Smith wrote much less pages and described some aspects of reality way better.
Piling up layers upon layers of disconnected from reality crap of wrong abstractions and dubious abstract principles, praised by brainwashed followers, especially because they are too bogus and too abstract, is a way to ruin.
I think it is not too hard to notice rather striking similarities.)
What are you even talking about? This is a performance benchmark.
> Java was a primitive religion based on superstitions (the fear of pointers) from the start.
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