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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Not really. Read his articles (hell, read that article), he's pretty good at what he does. It might be enterprise but he knows what he's doing. Also, try not to argue from prejudice because the same could be said about you, and for that very reason.

I was disappointed to find him being either ignorant or disingenuous in that particular passage, but it's not like his tone is completely serious. He was arguing for GC, though, and completely missed the use-case scenario in that criticism.