Why Java is running faster than C here?

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I came up with the following code:

$cat loop.c 
int main(          


        

Answer 1

I don't think this question really has an answer; it depends on the optimizations both compilers perform. In this case I expect either, if poked into sufficient optimization effort, would eliminate the loop entirely as i is never used.