I have written the (bogus) code in assembler and executed it using C, there is nothing compiled about it. Without any dynamic information as there is nothing dynamic about it. There is nothing to outperform/optimize it will run at max speed on specific architecture. Compiler is only involved to do a 'call'. Same as with JIT. But hand optimized.

Let me repeat it, stop this stupid evangelist wars. They are nonsense. Who cares about C speed when the lasagna with spaghetti frameworks are run on daily bases. Speed is irelevant today for almost all cases as no one is prepared to pay for it. And nobody cares about those left.