Fastest practical language

I know this is subjective so there is no one answer but I would like to hear your opinions anyway.

Which language has the fastest performance for most tasks while still being practical to write in?

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C code is just too buggy and high-maintenance.

You are just as wrong as most people that use it.
C does exactly what its supposed to do and does it good. The fault why C is "buggy" is actualy the cstdlib.

C is a systems language, it represents memory manipulation in a generic, abstract and portable way. C is like a portable assembler. And the only people who should use assembler are people who work on a very low level.