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> Well, C++ might be “low latency” when it comes to executing code, but it’s definitely not low latency when it comes to rolling out new features or even findin
by tines 6y ago
> Well, C++ might be “low latency” when it comes to executing code, but it’s definitely not low latency when it comes to rolling out new features or even finding devs who can write it.
Yikes, this article is terrible.
- vultour 6y agoTurns out javascript was the lowest latency language all along!
- igh4st 6y ago"In the grim darkness of the far future... there is only javascript"
- tonyedgecombe 6y agohttps://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
- lenkite 6y agoIn the joyful light of the distant future... there is only WASM!
- IshKebab 6y agoNot an exaggeration. I expected some technical reason why if you carefully write your code to avoid garbage collection then GraalVM can beat C++ in some cases (or something like that). But no. Literally just "actually, C++ is better, but Java is easier so you should use that instead".