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Guys, Which one is the best programming language (not scripting) language in terms of efficiency and performance?

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Dude, you either (a) will be moved to Stackoverflow, (b) have posted a question that cannot be answered objectively or (c) have opened a can of worms, possibly in combination with creating a shitstorm. Gee, the answer could also be (D): All of the above :-) – wzzrd Nov 5 '09 at 13:08
Should be moved, or wiki'd – DanBig Nov 5 '09 at 13:11
Going to get removed from stackoverflow if gets moved there... – Kyle Brandt♦ Nov 5 '09 at 13:13
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Evan: Best religion? Why Unix of course :-) – Kyle Brandt♦ Nov 5 '09 at 13:28
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Closed as a) a stock question that is guaranteed to start a flamewar and b) more appropriate to a programming forum such as Stackoverfow (but don't just ask the same question there as (a) still applies). To get a meaningful answer to a question like this you really need to qualify the question with some background about what you want to use the language for. Also, search through the archives for similar questions (there are many) before you post. – ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells Nov 5 '09 at 13:32
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closed as not constructive by theotherreceive, Kyle Brandt♦, Evan Anderson, Dave Drager, ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells Nov 5 '09 at 13:29

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Assembly. Might take you a month to get a task completed if it's a big project and you'll have fun with bugs and porting to make it more efficient on other chipsets, but it'll be fast a blazes. If done right. With the perfect compiler. Hand tuned by the guy who designed the chip in the first place.

Otherwise...whatever language you're most familiar and comfortable with and proficient with, since that's what will get the project done the quickest with the fewest bugs.

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An assembler is a crutch for the weak who can't memorize instruction encodings. – Evan Anderson Nov 5 '09 at 13:25
Bart: I'd wiki these so you don't get your reputation hammered on SO if you are on there ... (if it works that way, not sure) – Kyle Brandt♦ Nov 5 '09 at 13:29
Oh nevermind, closed, not moved. – Kyle Brandt♦ Nov 5 '09 at 13:30
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Whatever language you are familiar with. Any language can be efficient if you know what you are doing and are familiar with it. There might be limitations but that all depends on what you are doing. I can write very good and effective Java code as opposed to C++, that doesn't mean though that java is better, it just means I'm more familiar with it.

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