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> So why, despite this knowledge, do we engage in "language speed flamewars" like this?

That was exactly the point.

The reason why this happens is because people are - just like me - invested in their tools, they want to tell themselves they made the right choice. And then they want to tell the world the same thing.

For me it doesn't matter which language is faster in a project. The parameter space that decides which language is 'right' is rarely determined by raw speed. But for those cases where raw speed is the determining factor you could do a lot worse than using C, and if you have latency requirements it is almost unavoidable on most ordinary platforms that we use.




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