I used to work with a bunch of ex-Cray engineers back in the '90s. They'd rant and rave about how FORTRAN was faster than C due to eliminating one memory derefe

I used to work with a bunch of ex-Cray engineers back in the '90s. They'd rant and rave about how FORTRAN was faster than C due to eliminating one memory dereference on linear algebra operations (linear algebra being the reason to own a Cray).