POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Lots of statistics : Re: C# Server Time
29 Jul 2024 14:17:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: C#  
From: clipka
Date: 14 Aug 2012 08:37:27
Message: <502a4687$1@news.povray.org>
Am 14.08.2012 14:25, schrieb Invisible:

>>> According to the Great Language Shootout, C# Mono is 3x slower than C.
>>> (Then again, Haskell is 2x slower...)
>>
>> A factor of 3x compared to what is probably the fastest
>> more-or-less-high level language doesn't sound that bad to me, given how
>> much easier it is to program anything serious in it. (You don't want to
>> write a GUI program in C, do you?! You'd at least want C++)
>
> My point is, adding a low-level feature to shave off 0.02% runtime
> overheard in a language which already has 200% overhead seems... odd.

I wouldn't be surprised if your estimate of 0.02% is a good deal off the 
mark.


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