My timings where different on my 6 yr old Pentium D dual core, Ubuntu 64 bit:

  time python2.7 -c "print 'Hello, world'" && time ruby -e     
  "puts 'Hello, world'" && time lua -e "print('Hello, 
  world')"

  Hello, world

   real	0m0.056s
   user	0m0.040s
   sys	0m0.000s

  Hello, world

   real	0m0.008s
   user	0m0.000s
   sys	0m0.000s
 
  Hello, world

   real	0m0.061s
   user	0m0.000s
   sys	0m0.010s