I totally did not expect this!

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php?calc=chart&gcc=on&gpp=on&javasteady=on&ghc=on&ifc=on&sbcl=on&vw=on&python3=on

GCC and G++ are the fastest. That's the norm.
Java7 faster than Haskell and Fortran. WTF?
LispSBCL and SmalltalkVW faster than Python 3. Jesus Christ.

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They aren't using the OpenJDK in the benchmarks to test Java, they're using Oracle's proprietary Java 7 and Java 7 Server JVM implementations, so your point is invalid.