Tell HN: C and C++ are absolute beasts when it comes to performance efficient

C and C++ are absolute beasts when it comes to performance and efficient resource usage.

Want proof? Recently, I spent just a few minutes crafting an HTTP server using Boost.Beast. Each request can send Lua code, and for every request, a new Lua VM is instantiated, the code is executed, and the result returned.

Think of it like AWS Lambda — but without Firecracker’s isolation.

I ran benchmarks with over 10,000 parallel requests — that is, 10,000 isolated Lua VM instances orchestrated on just 8 physical cores, with a latency of around 15ms.

And that was using code written by ChatGPT. If I dove into aggressive optimizations and coroutines, I could probably reach 100K simultaneous clients — assuming the kernel allows it.

What’s funny is that 10ms is about what you get today from a Python or Ruby server (don’t get me wrong, I love Python) on a single request without database calls.