Question about programming languages

ProgrammerGuy · Aug 15, 2007

I'm doing a project for something other than trading, however there seems to be a lot of knowledge regarding programming languages.

The ones that I have are Delphi, C++, and C#.

For this project I am currently working on Speed is very very very very very important. Which is my best option?

dcraig · Aug 15, 2007

Fortran!

Seriously though, probably C++ or C. To some extent it depends on what the project is. A bit of a summary would help.

TSGannGalt · Aug 15, 2007

Delphi's pretty fast.

C++ is a no brainer.

C# is weaker compared to the other 2 choices.

Seemingly, the OP is asking a question that is pretty obvious...

dcraig · Aug 15, 2007

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=gpp&lang2=gcc

erToo · Aug 15, 2007

Quote from dcraig:

Fortran!

I don't think they have worked the bugs out of that yet. Stick with Assembler!

GTS · Aug 15, 2007

Quote from ProgrammerGuy:

I'm doing a project for something other than trading, however there seems to be a lot of knowledge regarding programming languages.

The ones that I have are Delphi, C++, and C#.

For this project I am currently working on Speed is very very very very very important. Which is my best option?

If you don't know the answer to that question then it is unlikely that you will do very well in optimizing your project for speed. The compiler can only do so much.

rosy2 · Aug 15, 2007

for you i assume it doesnt matter. just get a faster computer or network.

andread · Aug 15, 2007

ah, now I get it. I thought that Speed, with capital s, was a sort of framework or tool.

Go for C++. Not sure about delphi

maxpi · Aug 15, 2007

Quote from GTS:

If you don't know the answer to that question then it is unlikely that you will do very well in optimizing your project for speed. The compiler can only do so much.

Not sure about compilers but modern assemblers will get you very, very nearly as efficient regarding lines of code and speed as the best you can do by yourself.

nidarian · Aug 15, 2007

Quote from ProgrammerGuy:

I'm doing a project for something other than trading, however there seems to be a lot of knowledge regarding programming languages.

The ones that I have are Delphi, C++, and C#.

For this project I am currently working on Speed is very very very very very important. Which is my best option?

Stick to .net, its fast enough for even the high end trading app so should be fine for what you need. You will also save yourself years of time and money debugging using older technologies.