Almost every file format is flawed in one way or another; time has a way of changing your assumptions and magnifying flaws.
The data in the article mentions that the startup time for the C, C++, and OCAML programs were in the noise. So there's at least one data point which suggests that HLL programs do not necessarily start slower than C…
Libel and Slander are well-established legal concepts that have been around for ages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation
Almost every file format is flawed in one way or another; time has a way of changing your assumptions and magnifying flaws.
The data in the article mentions that the startup time for the C, C++, and OCAML programs were in the noise. So there's at least one data point which suggests that HLL programs do not necessarily start slower than C…
Libel and Slander are well-established legal concepts that have been around for ages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation