Originally Posted by
robatino
> Well the order of fastest running code is: C, C++, then C#.
I don't know anything about C#, but C++ isn't inherently any slower than C. It CAN be slower, if one decides to take advantage of easier ways of doing certain things in C++ without concern for speed, but that's a choice. The extra facilities can just be unused if need be. Some of them can help speed - for example, std::sort() can be significantly faster than qsort(). So overall I think code can be made faster with C++ than with C, if written with sufficient care.