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		hawk_ on Nov 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java is better than C++ for high speed trading sys... I am afraid tier 1 banks aren't tier 1 in HFT though. Best HFTs are at "small" houses and your tier 1 bank experience isn't reflective of what they do.

user5994461 on Nov 26, 2020 [–]

It's well known that Goldman Sachs runs on SecDb (a homemade language) and JP Morgan runs on Python.

Banks are not competing on latency. It's never been part of their business model.

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