C++ is a better C

http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/92947809761890304
C++, with discretion, is a better C, and I do not recommend coding large projects in straight C.
There you have it. The man is a rocket scientist, just try and prove him wrong.

>>8
Just because a language is new and hip doesn't mean it's necessarily better. There are not really any other high-level languages that have managed to trump C++'s performance track record. Most hipster languages like FIOC, Ruby, Lua, etc. often generate programs that 50x slower or more.