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.

experiment with the free lite-c a bit!