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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by const_cast on Friday May 16, 2025 @12:41AM (#44001898)
> Couldn't you create even faster software if you went down another level? Why don't you?

No, actually, C++ is pretty much as low as you can go.

Well, I mean, you can go lower but you're not going to get performance benefits. You could go down to C. But C is going to be more of the same or, more likely, slower. You're going to be swapping Templates for things like void *.

You could go to assembly, but let's be honest - who can write better assembly than a C++ compiler?

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by sorcerer-mar on Friday May 16, 2025 @08:51AM (#44004851)
> You could go to assembly, but let's be honest - who can write better assembly than a C++ compiler?

In other words, yes you can eek out more performance at lower levels. Then again at the silicon level. No, it's not worth it in 99.9999% of scenarios (because there are tradeoffs).

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