Performance of C++ vs Virtual Machine languages in high frequency finance

Question

I thought the C/C++ vs C#/Java performance question was well trodden, meaning that I\'d read enough evidence to suggest that the VM languages are not necessarily any slower

Answer 1

One of the most interesting thing in C++ is that its performance numbers are not better, but more reliable.

It's not necessarily faster than Java/C#/..., but it is consistent accross runs.

Like in networking, sometimes the throughput isn't as important as a stable latency.