Alternatives to C/C++

Instead of sticking with C/C++ for performance consider:
1.Free Pascal -Small memory use,very fast, easy debug
2.OCaml - medium memory use, fast,very terse, functional and secure.
3.FreeBasic - very fast,easy to use, low memory use, supports QBasic code as dialect. Other Basics to consider: PureBasic/Gambas/PowerBASIC
4.Digital Mars D- fast, easy to write and debug, large library, transition from C/C++ much easier.Garbage collection can be turned off.

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What exactly is wrong with Pascal? You can do pretty much anything in it, but that doesn't mean that it's not just a more restricted C with a simple object system and more verbose syntax. There is little reason to use it these days, but people usually do because they know it(it's thought in some countries in schools, which makes it as a sort of poor man's Java, but more low-level). It's used for the same reason BASIC(and derivatives) are used: people know it because it was the first language they tried. It's not completly terrible, but there are many better options out there.