Please say what you mean by "a language is faster than another".
Please say what in The Java™ Language Specification tells us that "language is faster than another."
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/index.html
(That's the context of the conversation, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4851781)
That's a different claim.
>> It doesn't even make sense <<
That depends on what `notJim` meant by "to compare speeds of programming languages".
`notJim` might have thought that everyone would understand he was talking about particular language implementations and particular tasks and particular programs.
Please say what you mean by "a language is faster than another".
Please say what in The Java™ Language Specification tells us that "language is faster than another."
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/index.html