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. [[User:Tankfarter|Tankfarter]] ([[User talk:Tankfarter|talk]]) 05:38, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
== Energy Usage ==
This whole section is absolutely bizarre:
Originally, C was popular mostly due to being easier to use than other programming languages.[citation needed] Currently, C is popular mostly due to speed, efficiency, low memory usage, and simplicity.[citation needed] C uses approximately one-eightieth the energy that Python, Perl, and PHP do.[17] On average, C uses less energy than Fortran, despite Fortran being faster on average.[citation needed]
But this line in particular:
C uses approximately one-eightieth the energy that Python, Perl, and PHP do.[17]
Is particularly problematic, as it gives the reader the understanding that C always uses 1/80 of the energy of the other listed languages, when in fact, it uses this while running these specific benchmarks, which have very little (if anything) to do with the real-world use of a language.
Let's take Python for example. Which Python? Python 3.13? Python 2.6? CPython 3.13? Pypy 3.8? C as compiled with what? A "typical" C implementation of a given program probably does use substantially less energy than a "typical" Perl equivalent, but stating 1/80 based on some benchmarks makes no sense.
The entire section reads as something you would read on a website comparing Linux distros where it's clear the author has no idea what they're talking about. [[Special:Contributions/196.211.140.249|196.211.140.249]] ([[User talk:196.211.140.249|talk]]) 08:55, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
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