I've asked myself (like many others I think) - which is the most "efficient" PL? From this article it can be concluded that it's not so much the language itself

I've asked myself (like many others I think) - which is the most "efficient" PL? From this article it can be concluded that it's not so much the language itself like it is the compiler implementation. And programming in assembly is just stupid, unless you work on some compiler optimization or hacking disassembled code.