lite-c is a c compiler so it is in a different league than interpreted languages.
to get an idea about the performance difference between compiled and interpreted languages:
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/i don't know how lite-c compares to other c-compilers though. i guess it is a bit slower since conitec doesn't have the same optimization manpower as microsoft for example.
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experiment with the free lite-c a bit!