are C++ programs significantly faster than high level languages?

[NTShpikho]

I keep hearing this.
C++ programs being 100 or 1000 times faster.

it doesn't make sense because shouldn't the higher level languages do some pre compile porting or something to tap into this speed?

this goes back to terminator movies using low level languages.
it makes regular languages feel like a cope!

is it true tho? are there work arounds or is porting the only way?

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you look at something like https://hotforknowledge.com/2024/01/...ation-journey/ which I am sure came up on these forums in the past, then you can see c# an certainly perform well. A pure c++ https://simontoth.substack.com/p/dai...dRedirect=true version is probably faster, but does it make a big enough difference to switch languages?

No idea how well vb6 / tb would measure up.

[NTShpikho]

well, it would certainly make a difference for image recognition which runs a lot of code lines.

faster is always better, but it's a shame there are no work arounds built in for higher level languages.