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Re:Ask HN: I am interested in reading about techniques HFT f... by temende on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @05:05PM (#36701671)
Is C++ slow even if you don't use any language features that add runtime overhead, e.g. runtime exceptions?
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Re:Ask HN: I am interested in reading about techniques HFT f... by mr_00ff00 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @06:12PM (#36702373)
It’s not so much C++ is slow as FPGAs are so incredibly fast.

The system programming languages (C / C++ / Rust) will always have more overhead than FPGAs.

A microsecond is fast for C++. It’s like an eternity for an FPGA.

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Re:Ask HN: I am interested in reading about techniques HFT f... by kaba0 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:08AM (#36707920)
Not C++, general CPUs are “slow”.
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