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Why is it said that some languages (like Assembly, C, BASIC etc) are "faster" than others (Like C++, C#, Python etc)? If all code is converted to machine code and then compiled, then why does it matter in which language it was programmed first?

by /u/cuentatiraalabasura in /r/askscience

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