This repo is intended to be for me, by me. I'm looking for a new language that I will use for a handful of upcoming projects. Some of those projects might be open-source, some might just live on my computer - I don't know. What I do know is that I'll be the primary/only code writer. My decision criteria are (in alphabetical order): c/c++ interop, compile time, enjoyment, metaprogramming, performance, standard library.
The results and my commentary can be found at: https://sureshjoshi.com/development/finding-the-best-programming-language
I have hyperfined some experiments, but most of the low-level languages should have the same-ish performance. If not, then I've probably screwed something up in the code and/or didn't line up compiler flags correctly. My mistakes should not be taken to mean "X is faster than Y because Z".
There are enough shitty micro-benchmarks out there and I'm not looking to add to that discussion.
And if that isn't enough - I was literally watching YouTube and using XCode while running these on my computer - this is not anything close to a reasonable benchmark environment.