Startup Time of Various Languages
I did my own research on this a couple of years ago, but just now discovered this helpful GitHub repo that has some interesting data:
https://github.com/bdrung/startup-time
The repo goes back as far as 9 years, and it isn’t obvious how recent the data is (though the version info provided with each language implementation is helpful).
But since the repo provides the ability to reproduce results on one’s own, it seems like a valuable resource.