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Which programming language is fastest? (Benchmarks Game)

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As we keep getting reminded on IRC, it's not the language that's fast, it's its implementation. After that, how it's used; minding space/time complexity - or not - impacts speed too.

> not the language that's fast, it's its implementation

And specific language implementations are identified:

    C gcc 12.2.0-3ubuntu1
    C clang Ubuntu clang version 15.0.2-1

> how it's used

And specific source code is shown:

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

Only the major languages and implementations. Hundreds of faster variants are missing

Like?

Oberon :-)

Thanks for the hint. Even if the resulting binaries are pretty fast, it's still slower than a native C++ implementation of the same algorithms (but not much), see https://github.com/rochus-keller/Oberon/blob/master/testcase...

The website is not very intuitive. How do I compare let's say C vs. Dart? The programs seem the same. Also the results seem to be sorted randomly.

> How do I compare let's say C vs. Dart?

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

> The programs seem the same.

Which programs seem the same?

> Also the results seem to be sorted randomly.

Which results seem to be sorted randomly?

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

— sorted by "cpu secs"

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

— sorted by "secs"

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

— sorted by source code "gz"

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