From: Kevin Chadwick <kc-usenet@chadwicks.me.uk>
Subject: Re: does a safer language mean it is slower to run?
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 20:42:22 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uah3fe$ti2f$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u5sriv$1hu9f$1@dont-email.me>
On 08/06/2023 16:19, Luke A. Guest wrote:
>On 08/06/2023 04:55, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>> Some folks in this thread
>>
>> https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-rust-to-julia-for-scientific-computing/78508
>>
>> "I’m not an expert, but my feeling is that Rust is a “safer” language,
>> which to me means it must be slower."
>
Rust isn't a safer language. Rust is more targetted at the heap which is
slower than the stack. Additionally if you use Adas type system well then
you can remove input validation checks again making Ada faster. The
compiler is better and safer at optimising checks away.
--
Regards, Kc
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-08 3:55 does a safer language mean it is slower to run? Nasser M. Abbasi
2023-06-08 6:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-25 17:01 ` robin vowels
2023-10-25 18:33 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-11-01 1:48 ` Randy Brukardt
2023-06-08 8:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-06-08 22:32 ` Jerry
2023-06-10 12:33 ` Gautier write-only address
2023-06-08 8:50 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-06-08 15:19 ` Luke A. Guest
2023-08-03 20:42 ` Kevin Chadwick [this message]
2023-09-29 19:23 ` Shark8
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