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by cbd1984 4253 days ago
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.
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No they don't, Haskell is anywhere from 2-6x slower at the same problems. http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t...