On: Why Is C Faster Than Java (2009)

[josephcsible]

You're mixing up a thing you can do with a way that you can do something. You can write Rust code with the same observable behavior as Duff's device in C.

[kaba0 → josephcsible]

Also, Duff’s device is pretty terrible and a modern compiler will output much better code.

[LAC-Tech → josephcsible]

> You're mixing up a thing you can do with a way that you can do something.

I don't think they are.

> You can write Rust code with the same observable behavior as Duff's device in C.

Yes, turing complete languages can do that.