Re: is C++ worth it ?
Cholo Lennon <chololennon@hotmail.com> wrote:
I agree with one of the comments:
"Please stop posting misleading microbenchmarks like these. Your
methodology is not rigid and your benchmark is 3 lines of code. The
whole loop might be replaced with a nop if the array doesn???t escape."
I also agree. Comparing two languages with a two-line "benchmark" is
completely bollocks. It says absolutely nothing about anything.
When comparing languages for actual projects, there are many more important
questions than "which one can optimize a tight loop better?", such as:
- Does the language allow me to implement this project?
- How easily does it allow me to do that?
- How much effort is needed to implement the project, including writing the
actual implementation, and debugging it?
- What libraries and ready-made utilities does the language offer? How easy
are they to use?
- How safe is the language? How likely is it for a hidden bug to be uncaught
in testing, get to a release version, and then causing severe harm to the
user's system?
- If the application requires efficiency, how efficient is the code generated
with the programming language?
All those question are highly subjective, and there's no way to objectively
and unambiguously "measure" them.