Re: C is the most efficient programming language
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Nov 02 2021 09:45 am
> I haven't done much programming in pure C, but I thought this article was
> interesting. It says C is the most efficient programming language as far as
> power consumption, speed, and memory usage:
They actually have Python over C in regards to memory usage. (!?!)
Assembly language could beat C in those same categories, but it's not a serious
contender for similar reasons that C is not a serious contender for a lot of sof
tware development tasks - because there are other very important factors such as
development time, verification and validation, extensibility and maintenance.
I like and use C a lot, but it's not "the most efficient programming language" f
or all forms of efficiency. Depending on the job, some other forms of efficiency
matter more than eeking out that extra 1% of performance or resource optimizati
on.
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