We are porting our BASIC language compiler and hardware environment to the Arduino Zero.
These BASIC programs are fully compiled, not interpreted, and thus as fast or faster than C code.
The unit is fully USB enabled and capable of running standalone.
For general back ground see https://www.coridium.us
I'd be interested in meaningful benchmarks
I have some simple benchmarks. Now way exhaustive, but a tip the toe in the water. Will try to get them running as a Sketch.
dim x as single ' simple Float test
x=1000000
while x>1
i=i+1 ' the default integer in ARM BASIC is 32 bit signed
x=x/1.0001
loop
And
i=1000000 ' default integer 32 bits -- simple integer test
while i
i=i-1
loop
And some results --