So what are the fastest languages?

So what are the fastest languages?

I'm talking about the language a HFT trader would use.

C

Languages aren't fast, implementations might be

C++

It's fairly well established HFT traders run Java for most of their apps. It comes up as a positive in every single Java fight.

I also read something about Sergey Aleynikov using Erlang. What's up with that?

bump

HTML is pretty fast.

PHP + HTML + MYSQL

FORTRAN

HFT traders don't use programming languages. Their networking stack is implemented in an ASIC, and everything else is at the FPGA level.

What?

This

Can you elaborate?

It means they have contracts with external companies that not only develop the software but also produce the hardware specifically engineered to run the software. Think of it as hardware acceleration for your financial apps.

Pascal.

How do I get smart like you?

Browse Sup Forums for over 7 years NEETly.

Install Gentoo

Assambler

if you google, you'll see some stuff on Haskell

Usually C will be the best choice for performance critical stuff. Assembly is not portable and usually your C compiler writes way better Assembly than you.

Protip: Separate your program into parts and use appropriate languages for each of them. You don't need to write everything in one single language. It's probably stupid in case you want to maintain your program for a longer time.

Not OP but what parts should be written in C in this case?
Logics or anything else?

hand crafted assembly by a master programmer, who has a mastery of the architecture being programmed

All of it.

COBOL

Haskell? Really?

Rust. Then C++.
But the implementation is all that matters, not the language.

Probably some assembly optimized by people like Kazushige Goto.

>Goto
kek, how appropriate