Are you comparing the startup time of an interpreted language with the startup time of a compiled language? or you mean that `time python hello.py` > `( time gcc -O2 -o hello hello.c ) && ( time ./hello )` ?

I'm referring to the startup time as benchmarked in the following manner: https://github.com/bdrung/startup-time

Here's the thing - I don't really care if its' because the interpreter has to start up, or there's a remote http call, or we scan the disks for integrity - the end user experience on every run is slower.