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C++ the Clear Winner In Google's Language Performance Tests

Posted by Soulskill on from the meep-meep dept.

Paul Dubuc writes "Google has released a research paper (PDF) that suggests C++ is the best-performing language on the market. It's not for everyone, though. They write, '...it also required the most extensive tuning efforts, many of which were done at a level of sophistication that would not be available to the average programmer.'"

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  1. Re:Common knowledge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's been common knowledge for at least a decade that Java is 6 months away from being quicker than c++.

  2. basic by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    They didn't test BASIC? Lame...

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  3. Re:Environment, conditions and parameters by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember that Borland Pascal (in 19991) executed almost 10 times faster than Borland C++ on a consistent basis on the same systems.

    Apparently, the reason it executed so fast was because it was reaching 18000 years into the future to run on the computers of the galaxy-spanning civilization built by the hyperspatial god-beings who will be our distant descendants. Man, Borland had some great tech in its day.

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