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On 28 Lug, 22:57, fft1976 <fft1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> P.S. I was going to write a 3-sentence reply, but got carried away. I
> hope this wasn't a troll...
>
> My needs are similar to yours, and I've been looking for better
> languages and learning them for years.
>
> In summary: everything sucks, when you look close enough.
With respects to other posters, that's what I'm thinking, but I
believe it's unavoidable, that's reality.

> OCaml should probably be your #1 choice (about 2x slower than C
> usually, single core). Has its own flaws (Google "Ocaml sucks")
That's why it was discarded. It differs a lot from other algol's
relatives and I don't have the time to check how much it (doesn't) suck
(s).

> Ada is also 2x slower,
Are you sure?
> but less suitable for your purposes (verbose,
I have to say that translating my C graph library with Ada, leaving
aside memory management, lead to shorter and readable code, something
I've been dreaming of for the past 3 years

> C++: learning curve and safety are the main problems. I'm way past the
> former, and I use Visual Studio Debug mode (I develop cross-platform
> code) when there is any sign of memory problems (not frequent), but
> it's still not completely safe.
I have my own reason not to use C++ ;)

Andrea