C++ too slow for low-level work?
No. If you can afford to use C, you can afford to use C++, even the higher-level facilities of C++ where you need their functionality. See Abstraction and the C++ machine model and the ISO C++ standards committee’s Technical Report on Performance. • C++ is useful only if you write truly object-oriented code? No. That is, “no” for just about any reasonable definition of “object-oriented”. C++ provides support for a wide variety of needs, not just for one style or for one kind of application. In fact, compared to C, C++ provides more support for very simple programming tasks. For example, the standard library and other libraries radically simplifies many otherwise tedious and error-prone tasks. C++ is widely used for huge applications but it also provides benefits for even tiny programming tasks. • Modern C++ is all generic programming and template metaprogramming? No.
