u/BounceVectorin r/Zig • Recommends
Zig wins Dave Plummer's prime sieve benchmark ... but via a problematic metric
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Dave's Garage
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- Presented by Dave Plummer
- Linked in the descriptionPlummersSoftwareLLC/Primes
- May be out of date. The tools, versions or practices it shows have likely moved on.
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Programming languagesSystems programmingPerformance and optimizationRustC++
Dave Plummer benchmarks almost one hundred programming languages using a prime sieve algorithm to find the fastest one.
Dave tests almost 100 different languages to find the ultimate champion in generating the fastest code. Feeling a little bit autistic? Check out the free sample of my book: amzn.to/40HUwgu Primes Code on Github: github.com/PlummersSoftwareLLC/Primes PrimeView: plummerssoftwarellc.github.io/PrimeView/?rc=30&rs=0&fr=&sc=d…Why it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Shared as a benchmark comparison where Zig performed exceptionally well, though some users debated the metrics used.
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On “Why is .NET so Insanely Fast? with Stephen Toub”
It's not that fast. Some will be surprised to learn that Java is faster:
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