For example, I used the following code in vb and got 7.35 seconds uncompiled (would it be faster if it was compiled?).

A = Timer
X = 0
Do
X = X + 1
If X = 5000000 Then Exit Do
Loop
MsgBox Timer - A

I only have access to vb and qb, so if someone with several different languages (c++ in particular) could run some tests like this I would appreciate it. It doesn't really matter how long each one takes, I just wanted to compare the times.