How is that bad news? I am in no way saying that JAVA is faster than .NET by our little
test. I especially would never say it is faster than C. I was saying that in this instance, it is faster.
And I agree that it has a lot to do with compiler optimization, but isn't that part of it? I mean, if it is a compiler optimization issue, then we could deduce that JAVA has a better "shipped with" compiler than .NET? I am not stating that as fact, but that could be deduced.
I would like to see the C code you wrote and would like to know what compiler you used for C. I always use the GNU compiler on a Linux platform. I am going to write my own tonight and see if I get similar results.
I hope I get to see others results regarding this issue. Also include the computer specs you are doing this experiment with.