2 dynamic language myths

the 2 biggest myths I see all the timethat get spouted by noobs are that:
1) JIT makes huge speed gains in VM languages
2) a VM language will run as fast as C if its compiled to machine language

This is simply not true, Lua's JIT does not make any significant speed gains. Python's compile-to-platform implementations are not much faster than fast VM languages like Lua

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it is possible, but requires more effort on the part of the developers of the native code compiler implementation.