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electrodude512, on 06 December 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

It's impossible for an interpreted language (java) to be faster than a language ( C ) whose programs are compiled, assembled to machine code, and then optimized. I can't see how java could possibly be faster than 1/8 of the speed of C, and that's looking at it at the assembly level. I will show you a comparison in assembly (not x86, however) if you don't believe me.

Java is compiled into bytecode, and the JRE compiles the bytecode into machine code and optimizes it as it runs. Java is generally a bit slower than C, but still comparable, and for many applications the savings in development time outweigh the decrease in speed.

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What about C I ask?