No offence, but does it really make a difference anymore? If I had to chose I''d pick Win32ASM.

If you want to make fast optimized code, then learn your language REALLY well, that''s where the speed difference happens.

Sorry if this didn''t answer your Q, I just find it a bit silly.

I''ll try answering the second part of your original post...

...try the Game Programming forum, they''ll jump all over your question.

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Can anyone provide me with some links to articles/raw data/info on C vs C++. ie speed, code, benefits, etc.

I know you''ve already been directed to another forum, but I''ll jump in and give you an excellent reference on why there is no reason NOT to use C++ in your projects:

Efficient C++ - Performance Programming Techniques. Dov Bulka & David Mayhew, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-37950-3.

That''s an unbiased, straightforward explanation of many of the performance caveats of C++ and Object Oriented Programming in C++, along with excellent explanations of how to avoid them to make your code equally fast as something written in pure C, but more readable.



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Somehow I just can''t imagine programming in C... argh, no structure, no beauty. ;-)
If doing a game project C++ ist must. Any programmer who has not yet learned C++ has not done his job proberly.

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I agree that performance isn''t an issue with C++, if you know what you''re doing at least. And, if you reach the point where the performance gained by the language counts, you prolly know what you''re doing.

But I like C more than C++ because it''s cleaner, more honest and plain powerfull without losing simplicity.

I like the C header files way more than the ugly C++ header files. If in a C++ header you add tons of private stuff noone needs to know about, in C you just add a function or three.

I like C because there aren''t so many namespaces. Not confusing at all. Everything global and that''s it. An advantage is that making minor architecture changes is trivial. Try splitting a C++ class that you derive another class from that you derive another class from in two separate structures.

I like the C naming conventions. In C you always know at all times what functions and variables come from what module. Browsing through code is a lot easier. I don''t have to keep track of the class a function belongs too. I also find having different functions names for different param types helpful. All the info I need I can get from reading the code.