Subj : C is the most efficient p
To   : Digital Man
From : Boraxman
Date : Sat Nov 06 2021 07:33 pm

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 DM>   Re: C is the most efficient programming
 DM> language
 DM>   By: Nightfox to All on Tue
 DM> 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:

 DM> They actually have Python over C in regards to memory usage. (!?!)

 DM> Assembly language could beat C in those same categories, but it's not a
 DM> serious contender for similar reasons that C is not a serious contender
 DM> for a lot of software development tasks - because there are other very
 DM> important factors such as development time, verification and
 DM> validation, extensibility and maintenance.

 DM> I like and use C a lot, but it's not "the most efficient programming
 DM> language" for all forms of efficiency. Depending on the job, some other
 DM> forms of efficiency matter more than eeking out that extra 1% of
 DM> performance or resource optimization. --
 DM>                                             digital man

I wouldn't call Assembly a Language.  There isn't really a language per so,
just mnemonics and instructions to the assembler itself.  It is more a system
to assembly machine code, and the efficiency of assembly is heavily dependent
on the ability of the programmer.

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