Re:Why Is C Faster Than Java (2009)
by josephcsible on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:55PM
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You're mixing up a thing you can do with a way that you can do something. You can write Rust code with the same observable behavior as Duff's device in C.
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Also, Duff’s device is pretty terrible and a modern compiler will output much better code.
> You're mixing up a thing you can do with a way that you can do something.
I don't think they are.
> You can write Rust code with the same observable behavior as Duff's device in C.
Yes, turing complete languages can do that.