Re:Why is processing a sorted array faster than an unsorted ...
by juiceandjuice on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @03:16PM
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Yes, there are some critical algorithms which will be always be faster in C.
In practice it's significantly more difficult to optimize all your code based on deep knowledge of architectures, compilers, and even compiler versions than it is to just let a JIT compiler optimize at runtime.
In practice it's significantly more difficult to optimize all your code based on deep knowledge of architectures, compilers, and even compiler versions than it is to just let a JIT compiler optimize at runtime.