David Rasmussen wrote: > Harald Armin Massa wrote: > >>Dr. Armin Rigo has some mathematical proof, that High Level Languages >>like esp. Python are able to be faster than low level code like >>Fortran, C or assembly. >> > > > Faster than assembly? LOL... :) > I don't see why this is so funny. A good C compiler with optimization typically produces better code than an equivalent assembly language program. As compilation techniques improve this gap is likely to widen. There's less and less reason to use assembler language with each passing year.
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