Unmanaged native code definitely has an edge, even in I/O-heavy applications like databases. http://www.scylladb.com/technology/cassandra-vs-scylla-benchmark/

Unmanaged native code definitely has an edge, even in I/O-heavy applications like databases. http://www.scylladb.com/technology/cassandra-vs-scylla-benchmark/ http://www.scylladb.com/technology/cassandra-vs-scylla-bench... Not to mention low-memory environments like mobile.