Originally Posted by
Elysia
I'd rather go with C++. It can be as fast as C, depending on what you do, although it may be a bit slower. However, it is also much faster and advantageous to develop in for most applications over C. I don't think the speed hit compared to C really matters (it's nowhere as slow as java or dotNet, etc).
But yes, C is faster than other languages, but also the hardest. Remember that C means a lot of security issues unless you develop good code and take extra care not to run into any security issues.