Undeniable Proof that C++ is the Fastest*

Even Faster Than C!

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2076322/-winner-google-language-tests

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php

And with C++0x/C++11, it's only going to get even faster due to constexpr, noexcept, and r-value references.

Garbage-collected languages don't stand a change against C++, what with their global heaps and thread serialization required to acquire heap locks. Only languages with manual-memory management can attempt to hold a torch to the glory of C++.

* ``Fastest'' being limited to the discussion of general purpose programming languages.

I'm curious how fast are the commercial Lisp implementations (Allegro/LispWorks)? Erik Naggum said on comp.lang.lisp that they're very fast but he seemed insane so I won't take his word for it.