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Of these languages, C# may actually be the fastest. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/box-plot-summary-charts.html https://benchmarks

by mrsmrtss 11mo ago

Of these languages, C# may actually be the fastest. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/box-plot-summary-charts.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

tialaramex 11mo ago
In most cases the later entries in a language for the benchmark game are increasingly hyper-optimized and non-idiomatic for that language, which is exactly where C# will say "Here's some dangerous features, be careful" and the other languages are likely to suggest you use a bare metal language instead. Presumably the benchmark game doesn't allow "I wrote this code in C" as a Python submission, but it would allow unsafe C# tricks ?
- mrsmrtss 11mo ago
  Unsafe C# is still C# though. Also C# has a lot more control over memory than Java for example, so you don't actually need to use unsafe to be fast. Or are you trying to say that C# is only fast when using unsafe?
  - jamincan 11mo ago
    Likely just that the fastest implementations in the benchmarks game are using those features and so aren't really a good reflection of the language as it is normally used. This is a problem for any language on the list, really; the fastest implementations are probably not going to reflect idiomatic coding practices.
    - neonsunset 11mo ago
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    - igouy 11mo ago
      Here are naive un-optimised single-thread programs transliterated line-by-line literal style into different programming languages from the same original. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/performance/comparable.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
- igouy 11mo ago
  Note: 'possible hand-written vector instructions or "unsafe" or naked ffi' are flagged by * https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/csharp.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... Note: Here are naive un-optimised single-thread programs transliterated line-by-line literal style into different programming languages from the same original. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/performance/comparable.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

tialaramex 11mo ago

In most cases the later entries in a language for the benchmark game are increasingly hyper-optimized and non-idiomatic for that language, which is exactly where C# will say "Here's some dangerous features, be careful" and the other languages are likely to suggest you use a bare metal language instead. Presumably the benchmark game doesn't allow "I wrote this code in C" as a Python submission, but it would allow unsafe C# tricks ?

mrsmrtss 11mo ago
Unsafe C# is still C# though. Also C# has a lot more control over memory than Java for example, so you don't actually need to use unsafe to be fast. Or are you trying to say that C# is only fast when using unsafe?
- jamincan 11mo ago
  Likely just that the fastest implementations in the benchmarks game are using those features and so aren't really a good reflection of the language as it is normally used. This is a problem for any language on the list, really; the fastest implementations are probably not going to reflect idiomatic coding practices.
  - neonsunset 11mo ago
    [dead]
  - igouy 11mo ago
    Here are naive un-optimised single-thread programs transliterated line-by-line literal style into different programming languages from the same original. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/performance/comparable.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
igouy 11mo ago
Note: 'possible hand-written vector instructions or "unsafe" or naked ffi' are flagged by * https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/csharp.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... Note: Here are naive un-optimised single-thread programs transliterated line-by-line literal style into different programming languages from the same original. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/performance/comparable.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...