Java can be significantly faster than C
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Preface When I wrote this article it was to comment on how writing the same algorithm implement a different way can make a major difference. I now believe this is not the point of the web site perhaps shouldn't be the point of this article either. I have written a follow up article. The importance of innovation Overview Whether you use Java or C is not always as important as the approach you use. By "approach" I mean; algorithms not specified in the requirements or "the how" to do something. You might not see this as a fair test of Java vs C, but in the real world human factors are matter. There is no point saying C is faster in theory but there isn't anyone available to make it so. Its like getting a very cheap price on an item which is not in stock. ;) Benchmark Shootout Java is temporarily the fastest for this particular knucleotide benchmark. It is quite likely that if the algorithm I used is translated to C it would be faster again. But for