This benchmark [1], which was just on HN a couple days ago, puts nimrod at 96% the performance of C++. 1: http://togototo.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/benchmarks-r

This benchmark [1], which was just on HN a couple days ago, puts nimrod at 96% the performance of C++. 1: http://togototo.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/benchmarks-round-two-parallel-go-rust-d-scala-and-nimrod/ http://togototo.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/benchmarks-round-tw...