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That is only a very specific benchmark and as that post said the result is so strange probably because of the changes in the C trigonometric functions lib that

That is only a very specific benchmark and as that post said the result is so strange probably because of the changes in the C trigonometric functions lib that slowed down a lot to increase precision.

msla 9y ago
The point, however, is that if the difference is down to library code, the language itself isn't imposing a penalty. That is what is counter-intuitive here.
- igouy 9y ago
  What's "counter-intuitive" about that? As-fast-as C when it is C (or Fortran or assembler…)