> C is fast because it's close to how CPU and memory actually work. Out-of-order execution, cache hierarchies, branch prediction, virtual memory, pipelining, v

> C is fast because it's close to how CPU and memory actually work. Out-of-order execution, cache hierarchies, branch prediction, virtual memory, pipelining, vector instructions, ILP, NUMA are all pretty transparent to the C spec. Trying to accommodat hardware quirks with C feels like blackbox engineering. It's certainly better than with managed languages but still....