That doesn’t make the source code proprietary or non-open, it just means it isn’t a community driven project.

Slackware is still around, no past tense. What makes you think it was closed source?

What do you mean by moist?

They’re just poking fun at a typo in your post title

since it’s JIT, it’s actually faster than Python and Java in most cases.

Java is JIT’d too, and Python can be depending on which runtime you deploy.

Back in 2009-2010 I bought an entry level 13" MacBook Pro because it was fairly competitively priced compared to other options with similar specs, but the MBP had by far the better battery life, display quality, touchpad, and probably keyboard. It was easily worth the upcharge for those factors, so no real Apple Tax.

Pear works well on white pizza