Why are C and C++ faster than other programming languages?

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C is basic programming language. It is very simple language & interested. C is procedural programming language
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They use compilers which compile the lines of source code all at once. But, for example, A programming language like Java uses an interpreter to compile the source one line at a time
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Because they have better machine efficiency than other high level programming languages
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C/C++ is the best known programming language when it comes to speed and performance. That’s the reason it is used by big giants like Facebook,Amazon,Google. It achieves such performance as it runs directly on the hardware machine so there is minimal lag. Whereas in other languages like Java runs on...
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C/C++ is the best known programming language when it comes to speed and performance. That’s the reason it is used by big giants like Facebook,Amazon,Google. It achieves such performance as it runs directly on the hardware machine so there is minimal lag. Whereas in other languages like Java runs on something called JVM which is a virtual machine. So obviously running a program on actual hardware is much faster than running it on a virtual one. read less
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One of the reason is that C and C++ are "close to machine language". They are only one or two level up from machine language whereas other languages are minimum 3 more level up from machine language.
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It achieves such performance as it runs directly on the hardware machine so there is minimal lag. Whereas in other languages like Java runs on something called JVM which is a virtual machine. So obviously running a program on actual hardware is much faster than running it on a virtual one.
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Yes C and C++ programs compiled and converted to an executable code for the desired platform (Operating System) and hence they execute faster.
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C & C++ program runs directly on the hardware machine. Whereas in other languages like Java runs on something called JVM which is a virtual machine. So obviously running a program on actual hardware is much faster than running it on a virtual one.
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