Energy-efficient programming languages
When choosing a programming language, factors that are typically considered include syntax, popularity, support libraries, and performance metrics such as speed and memory usage. Traditionally, these factors have guided the decision-making process to optimize functionality and user experience. Unlike traditional considerations, energy efficiency is often overlooked when choosing programming languages, despite its growing relevance in the context of sustainable software engineering (SSE).
In the research conducted by Pereira, R., Couto, M., and colleagues selected 27 commonly used programming languages to analyze their energy efficiency. The researchers evaluated the electricity consumption required to solve a number of computational problems for each language. To measure the energy usage accurately, they utilized Intel’s Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) tool, which provides detailed estimates of energy consumption for the CPU core...
