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Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems by mcqueenjordan on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:56AM (#25219617)
This is a bit of a false equivalency -- there aren't many perf benefits in rewriting a C program in asm. The cost you pay for that rewrite is also much greater.

Yes, of course $HIGH_LEVEL_LANG is preferable for many many use cases. In this context, we're discussing "high speed trading systems", for which native implementations are going to be the favorite.

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Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems by chrisseaton on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:08AM (#25220124)
> for which native implementations are going to be the favorite

...but the point of the article is they aren't always the favourite.

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