Ask HN: How to compare different programming languages

1 pointsindoindo11y ago6 comments

C++ is best for performance, in this case how to compare c++ to other languages in term of performance.

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MichaelCrawford11y ago· 2 in thread

Assembly code is best for performance but it is a huge pita.

indoindoOP11y ago

Of course, but how to determine languages that near ASM performance

MichaelCrawford11y ago

C, c++ and ask permit allocation on the stack. Many others require dynamic allocation. Whether one language is faster depends on whether the problem at hand can take advantage of stack allocation.

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