Why is C so fast, and why aren't other languages as fast or faster? [closed]

Why is C so fast, and why aren't other languages as fast or faster? [closed]

c performance

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Is 'switch' faster than 'if'?

c performance switch-statement assembly jump-table

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Improve INSERT-per-second performance of SQLite

c performance sqlite optimization

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Speed comparison with Project Euler: C vs Python vs Erlang vs Haskell

python c performance haskell erlang

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Which is faster: while(1) or while(2)?

c performance while-loop

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A fast method to round a double to a 32-bit int explained

c++ c performance floating-point

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Is inline assembly language slower than native C++ code?

c++ c performance assembly

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It is more efficient to use if-return-return or if-else-return?

python c performance compiler-construction

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Fastest way to determine if an integer is between two integers (inclusive) with known sets of values

c++ c performance math

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Why does the order of the loops affect performance when iterating over a 2D array?

c performance for-loop optimization cpu-cache

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Is there a performance difference between i++ and ++i in C?

c performance optimization post-increment pre-increment

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When is assembly faster than C? [closed]

c performance assembly

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Static linking vs dynamic linking

c++ c performance static-linking dynamic-linking

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Is Fortran easier to optimize than C for heavy calculations?

c performance fortran

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Why are the fast integer types faster than the other integer types?

c++ c performance types int

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