HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.......
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure
We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior
PC specifications- 512MB RAM, Windows XP sp3, 2.79 GHz pentium D.
IDE- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition
I believe nathan is asking "the best" because he/she doesn't know which of C/C++ is best.
And then, the answer to that might be... depends. Depends on what you want to do.
Writing for embedded systems? Then maybe C is the best choice (since the majority of embedded systems have only a C compiler, even though there are some that has a C++ compiler).
Writing computer software? Then C++ is probably better.
Writing drivers? Then you're stuck with C.