# Biofast high-level language benchmarks

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/biofast-high-level-language-benchmarks/2152>\
**Category:** News\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/biofast-high-level-language-benchmarks/2152 "2020-05-22T21:54:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ducktape](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/ducktape/32/846_2.png) [@ducktape](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/ducktape)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/biofast-high-level-language-benchmarks/2152/1 "2020-05-22T21:54:26Z")

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Github repo: [https://github.com/lh3/biofast](https://github.com/lh3/biofast)  
Blog post: [http://lh3.github.io/2020/05/17/fast-high-level-programming-languages](http://lh3.github.io/2020/05/17/fast-high-level-programming-languages)  
Fun discussion on the Julia forum: [https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lhe-biofast-benchmark-fastq-parsing-julia-nim-crystal-python/39747/20](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lhe-biofast-benchmark-fastq-parsing-julia-nim-crystal-python/39747/20)

As I mentioned on Reddit, lh3’s comment that crystal is promising is a very big deal. He has a lot of sway in the bioinformatics community where he has built many successful and widely used tools.

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**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/rogerdpack/32/117_2.png) [@rogerdpack](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/rogerdpack)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/biofast-high-level-language-benchmarks/2152/2 "2020-05-22T22:47:19Z")

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Kudos to the core team for some smart design choices.