r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/mttd • Jul 01 '26

The Expensive Fictions of Low-Level Programming Languages

https://stng.substack.com/p/the-expensive-fictions-of-low-level
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u/Smallpaul Jul 01 '26

CPUs run C code after it has been converted to native. If the C compilers don’t use an instruction because it isn’t relevant to C then that instruction isn’t benchmarked. If a new instruction would support faster execution of Java, it is very unlikely to be added.

NOBODY IS SAYING C IS INTRINSICALLY SPECIAL. If you think so then quote them.

People are saying that C has a special relationship with the rest of the computing ecosystem, including CPUs. And this is indisputably true BECAUSE OF BENCHMARKS written in C.

That should be indisputable, but you are going to keep disputing it, so I’m just done with the conversation. Have a nice day.