[lucio]

It is not a "trap". In "C" it is required to generate fast machine code. It's a trade-off, not a "trap".

[cbd1984]

C (note lack of quotes) and Haskell regularly trade off "Fastest language in the world" spots on shootouts. Maybe "C" (with quotes), which is obviously a different language, is faster; I doubt it.

[mhaymo]

No they don't, Haskell is anywhere from 2-6x slower at the same problems. http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t...