importantSYS.SOURCE: rtfeldman.com• 2026-10-24T03:43:54Z
Performance Comparison of Functional Programming Languages with C in DEFLATE Compression
A functional programming language (Roc) achieved 8.9% slower DEFLATE compression performance than C's libdeflate on average, demonstrating progress toward C-level efficiency while highlighting remaining gaps in low-level optimization. The study compares Roc's implementation with C's highly optimized library, showing functional languages can approach C performance with targeted optimizations.
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