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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Yeah this is pretty much the whole issue. He simply made the fatal mistake of not adding the expected "unless you're writing games" disclaimer to any discussion on GC (as any blogwhore should know), thus incurring the wrath of /prog/lodytes everywhere.