Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > Es geschah am Sonntag 05 Juni 2005 04:18 als Erik de Castro Lopo schrieb: > > I also find Ocaml a better high level language than Python because > > it is strictly and statically typed as well as compiling to native > > binaries which come close to the speed of C. The (very flawed IMO) > > language shootout puts Ocaml compiled to native binaries as faster > > than C++ but slower than C. > > Hooo, that is a very brave claim,
Not my claim. The claim is here: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all&sort=fullcpu I believe that this shootout is somewhat flawed in that the examples are all relatively short pieces of code unlike anything that even approaches real world code. It should be noted that the benchmark attempts to use the technique most approriate for the language. So, for the count words example, the C++ version uses std::vector from of the STL: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=wc&lang=icpp&id=0&sort=fullcpu while the C version uses standard C arrays: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=wc&lang=icc&id=0&sort=fullcpu Are you surprised that C arrays are faster than std::vector? Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ " Baldie is such a wonderful villain The Linux/OSS community could not possibly ask for a better villain than our man Baldie. He is absolutely perfect for the part. Just look at his creds: 1) Physically repulsive; 2) Morally bankrupt; 3) Megalomaniacal; 4) Possessed of a truly nasty, abusive disposition; 5) Prone to Hitlerian ranting; 6) Stalinesque paranoia... The list just goes on and on. The man has the gift of true despicability, no doubt about it. If it weren't for Baldie we'd be stuck with Bilgatus' merely vacuuous and creepy persona for an anthropomorphization of the Evil Empire -- tepid at best." -- Matthew Alton in LinuxToday.com on Steve Balmer