This is one of those hot topics for HFT deployment. I would hope some debate can come out of this here at this forum topic.

Does this article hint that DOTNet C Sharp could be as fast as C++ with STL for quant and HFT trading platform development? – See more at: http://quantlabs.net/blog/2013/12/does-this-article-hint-that-dotnet-c-sharp-could-be-as-fast-as-c-with-stl-for-quant-and-hft-trading-platform-development/#sthash.UhQsP2yu.dpuf