> That is, any sort of astonishing improvements is often a sign of the original version being crappy, so it's also a red flag even if it's ultimately the good n

> That is, any sort of astonishing improvements is often a sign of the original version being crappy, so it's also a red flag even if it's ultimately the good news. That's a question that can't be answered by comparing one version of .Net to another version. Instead we'd need to compare the performance of .Net to a rival system like the JVM. edit Or rather, a JVM.