C is fastest

[Darryl Moore]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:39:31AM -0400, Darryl Moore wrote:
>> That depends entirely on the situation. If you are building something
>> that will be used internally, or will only be sold in small quantities,
>> then the development cycle becomes the biggest component of the overall
>> cost.
> 
> Then perhaps you should be using python, ocaml or haskall.  They all seem
> to do very well whenever fast implementation of something is required.
> ocaml and haskall do very well in competitions where time limits and
> maintainability and improvements of code and functionality quickly
> are needed.  java and C++ never so.  Even perl might be an OK option.
> 

Perhaps. I wasn't actually talking in defense of C++, and it didn't
appear to me that your prior comment was specific to C++ either.


>> If you are doing an embedded system that will be produced in large
>> quantities, then production cost becomes the larger component and you
>> need to reduce that by spending extra development time, fine tuning part
>> selection and using the smallest processor you can get away with.
> 
> Internal programs have a tendancy to stick around forever being changed
> again and again.
> 

non-sequitur?
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