Is JavaScript faster than Python(not for Web-development)?

Answer 1

Its all relative said a great man and its really true... In this case javascript and python are languages and they can be implemented in different way.... Python has different implementations (like CPython, PyPy) and so Javascript (implemented on V8, SpiderMonkey and others js engines) where they has different features (JIT at example)

Answer 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_V8

Answer 3

Python

Answer 4

KrOW can I use JS V8 for general purpose?