Comment by johnfn

    johnfn@mac ~ % time  deno eval 'console.log("hello world")'
    hello world
    deno eval 'console.log("hello world")'  0.04s user 0.02s system 87% cpu 0.074 total
    johnfn@mac ~ % time   bun -e 'console.log("hello world")'
    hello world
    bun -e 'console.log("hello world")'  0.01s user 0.00s system 84% cpu 0.013 total

That's about 560% faster. Yes, it's a microbenchmark. But you said "absolutely zero chance", not "a very small chance".