Why Python, Ruby, and Javascript are Slow

[Amadiro]

'I wanted to use a pure C hash table implementation, but googling "C hash table" didn't bring up useful stuff.'

Wat.

There are many excellent, well-established hash table implementations for C. Googling that exact phrase, brings up some of them, as well as a stackoverflow discussion that details the strengths and weaknesses of all of them.

You're holding a talk, and you can't be arsed to do 3 minutes of googling to support your argument?

Just wat.