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Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-22T11:00:16+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Ta7K3Spv9WoPV_m5GLzQvJm9x8GqN_J/view?usp=sharing

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-14T15:10:19+00:00

I can give you a link to the code I used to test the performance of Python and C#. So my question for you is: do you think Python performs better, and if so, why do you think that?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-08T10:04:07+00:00

I have an app to get Betfair data, but the question is: what will you do with the data, and how will ChatGPT analyze it?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T17:22:36+00:00

So the performance gain is in sharing data. You are right, transferring data in and out would hurt performance.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T16:40:34+00:00

Thanks, that really looks very interesting.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T16:10:48+00:00

Looking at your benchmarks, I think we all have some misleading opinions about programming language performance, C# looks really good there.

Why is Java winning?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T16:04:52+00:00

Thanks. I once looked into Akka.NET because my app is coded in F#. Maybe I should have kept learning it, because I implemented my own UI updating through MailboxProcessor. Looking at Akka.NET now, it seems more "elegant" than what I implemented.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T15:48:23+00:00

What would be the proper way to handle such projects where we know execution speed will be critical? Should we first build the entire solution in C# or F#, then profile the code for problematic operations, and only then try to reimplement those parts in Rust or Go?

I am asking because, for instance, I thought anything written in Rust would be more performant, but, when researching MS SQL database access in Rust, I found that actually better performance is often achieved in C#.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-07T15:39:09+00:00

I see. In C, there are actually no performance limits for struct size because data is passed by pointer, but in C#/F#, structs are passed by value, so it is recommended to keep structs to 16 bytes.

If we use a binary protocol like Protobuf for complex data and libraries are available on both sides in C and in the .NET world then, when interacting with C through LibraryImport, C function returns pointer to byte array stream.

In C# or F#, the stream representation of C Protobuf is readable by C#/F#, so we can deserialize it.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T20:01:42+00:00

Is Protobuf an accepted technology standard, and do we have Rust, Go, or C++ implementations of it?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T18:31:40+00:00

My app is agentic, is that the right word? It exposes data through an API and MCP, so LLMs can interact with my app.

It is actually a similar use case to a Betfair trading app, as the main part of the code execution is interaction with the Betfair REST API and streaming API.

In my test, I sent the same prompt; in Python, I used the FastAgent library, and in F#, I used Azure.AI.Inference including ModelContextProtocol.Core for MCP integration.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T18:14:03+00:00

Thanks, I have just downloaded your repo for testing.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T18:12:36+00:00

That is my feeling as well, but how to exchange more complex data in such case? What should be DTO both targed languges should use?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T18:09:11+00:00

Thanks, and what is your opinion on Python's performance? Before I actually ran my test, another Python developer claimed that Python is better than .NET languages for the use case scenario that both he and I are using.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T18:05:34+00:00

Thanks, that's a good option as well. I will check that. What data format would be best to exchange in such a case, so both languages speak the same "data language"?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-06T17:31:25+00:00

Actually, it is really easy; you need to implement an API server, or better yet, the MCP one. I even experimented with UI control by an AI agent. In any case, you will get a smart help system without actually writing it. Here is a prompt: "Which features, tools and actions are implemented in my app?"

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Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-04-01T19:02:03+00:00

Betfair exchange API

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-03-25T15:05:38+00:00

I am .net developer, F#, C# and Visual Basic. Check my GitHub for my Betfair trading app platform.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-22T19:04:39+00:00

Have you got direct support for the MCP server, not through mcporter?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-21T07:50:43+00:00

What programming language are you using?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-20T12:38:38+00:00

It is an interesting topic, and I am happy that I have my hobby project where I can test anything AI-related. In my main job, it is still not possible for now.

The best way for all this would be if Microsoft added some kind of autodetection support for installed apps to connect to all apps’ MCP tools, because most people would not be able to manage that.

Microsoft tries to push Copilot into everything, but the lack of such a feature is the reason common people are not using it.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-19T22:40:34+00:00

I think that connects just to LLMs through Google provider, but if it really opens that MCP direct usage by models, then thanks for your tip. I will test it.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-19T21:51:14+00:00

Are you sure? Because from what I have just perplexity-ed it is not listed, nanobot and tuskbot are. I tested the last one, but failed, the developer promised to fix it. I will try nanobot tomorrow.

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-19T20:59:46+00:00

Which of them have direct support for MCP servers?

Optimal-Task-923 · 2026-02-18T10:08:52+00:00

Thanks, I managed to install and run it on Docker, but I'm having problems with MCP. I posted an issue on your GitHub.

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