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by ecmascript 960 days ago
I don't use Go since it's from Google but I wouldn't say that Go / Java can't be used for performance critical stuff?

There are a lot of values that goes into "performance critical stuff". For me, it can mean a chat app / money transfers etc that is performance critical but is is of course not as critical as in flight software or other system control software where GC could mean deaths.
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jjgreen 960 days ago
I meant speed-critical by that, sorry if that was unclear. I see opinions like "1/3 the speed of C" bandied around, not bad but means a big model run takes three days rather than one.
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dagw 960 days ago
"1/3 the speed of C"

Of course C can be is 1/3 of the speed of C, if the C is written by two different people. An average Go programmer might very well produce faster code than an average C programmer, if Go has better tools for doing normal things fast in an easy and obvious way

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pjmlp 960 days ago
Are weapon targeting systems and battleships speed critical enough?

https://www.ptc.com/en/products/developer-tools/perc

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