This thread is focused on the startup and shutdown costs of a programming language. The challenge is to time an empty program with just a REMark as its code.
ScriptBasic
pi@RPi4B:~/sbrt/examples $ /usr/bin/time scriba updown.sb
0.00user 0.00system 0:00.01elapsed 60%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1692maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+99minor)pagefaults 0swaps
pi@RPi4B:~/sbrt/examples $