Java running faster than C

Note: A lot of people seem to be taking this post to be the "Ultimate C vs Java shootout". It's not. Performance is a very complex topic. My only real point is this: Java (which used to be slow) has reached the class of "fast languages". For the majority of applications, speed is no longer a valid excuse for using C++ instead of Java. I just saw this page comparing the performance of several langu

[kenkitii]

Java (which used to be slow) has reached the class of "fast languages".

[taninsw]

ActionScript™ Virtual Machine上での実験結果も知りたい。

[SiroKuro]

Java と C が同じくらいの速度だっていう実験結果

[syo-yu]

Cの底力

[j0hn]

Compiled JS is about 9x slower than C on this test. If CPU speed doubles every 18 months, then JS in 2007 performs like C in 2002.

[nowokay]

JavaとCが同じくらい、JavaScriptは9倍だけどそれって5年前のCと同じ？