What a terrible article. I thought it was ok. Asking "Is C++ fast?" is a little like asking if internal combustion engines are fast. The actual answer is, "It

What a terrible article. I thought it was ok. Asking "Is C++ fast?" is a little like asking if internal combustion engines are fast. The actual answer is, "It depends." The content is ok for this site, which also has people who are just starting out with optimization or who might not be that familiar with C++. "Is [lang] fast?" is a typical clickbait tactic which works by nibbling at a programmer's pride. Here's the thing. Either one is a bit naive, the pride is hurt and the clickbait works, because one isn't seasoned enough to know that optimization is a complex subject within a complex world of tradeoffs or you're so invested in making things fast (possibly so good at it) that you can't resist taking it apart. And all of this for a 572ms -> 320ms performance improvement? 78%? "Not tea bag!" as AvE would say.