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Is there a common pattern for "Is language X faster than language Y" ? Like what is your definition of faster : faster to developer, to start, to execute, to handle different workload with the same binaries (like JIT).

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Yes. "Is language X faster than language Y?" means "Is language X better than language Y?", which means "Do you like language X more than you like language Y?", which means "Do you have more experience with language X than language Y?" (well, good experiences, I guess).

So "Is language X faster than language Y?" is totally answerable, but the answer depends on the answerer.

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