I guess more specifically, why can't I write C++ in C#.
As a side note, the i7 4770k produces somewhere in the region of one hundred thirty-three billion seven hundred forty million operations per second. 8GB is sixty four billion bits.
We don't really need micro optimisations and bitflags anymore. Premature optimisation causes loads more problems than it actually solves. That's why we have languages like Java and C#.
that was my same feeling. I'm a C# developer, and even though I consider myself a decent dev, I never thought of C# as a toy language. I guess I'm not that good.
Until the author has made systems like Stack Overflow, Exchange, IIS, Office 365, and SharePoint in C++, his comments about C# being a "toy language for small projects" are pretty much baseless. In fact, this entire article is nothing more than an academic exercise, he has no practical examples where any of his concerns had a significant impact on a production system.
As a side note, the i7 4770k produces somewhere in the region of one hundred thirty-three billion seven hundred forty million operations per second. 8GB is sixty four billion bits.
We don't really need micro optimisations and bitflags anymore. Premature optimisation causes loads more problems than it actually solves. That's why we have languages like Java and C#.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second