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> iostreams are significantly slower than C streams <

Most are, but the SGI iostreams which I have used are much faster.

The technical term they use for C++ is 'multiparadigm'. In other words, you can mix programming styles (OO and procedural) so that each is used to where it is stronger than the other style.

I've worked with small processors (Motorola I believe) that used C interpreters, because in the application they were used in, there was not much room for extra memory, so the size of the language...

C has its uses. C is a smaller language than C++, and is therefore more usable on machines with very little memory. This isn't a huge strength, but it is one.

> Each programming language is a tool.
The more tools you have in your belt, the better and faster you can get things done. <

Excellent point. Thats why the old "whats the best language" argument...

> Everything which can be done in C++ using the OOP concept can be done in C... <

And those C programs are most likely also C++ programs.

The code will be faster, the programming process won't. ;)

Large object-oriented programs are generally easier to understand, and therefore maintain than large procedural programs. C++ is also more type safe than C. The speed difference between C and C++ is...