[epi8]

"C developers tend to think on micro-optimizations and Assembly level before writing any line of code, even when it doesn't matter at all for the problem being solved."

Um, citation, please? Speaking as, you know, an actual C developer working in a company full of actual C developers, I would say that "bad C developers tend to think on...", etc. There are times when we need to use assembly and micro-opts, but trust me, no one ever wants to.

Though I agree that C++ would be a better language without the backwards compatibility constraint.

[pjmlp]

Work experience from the C developers I have met on my professional life since the early 90's.

I never liked pure C, and had my endless share of performance discussions since around 1993.

Just one example, discussing how slow C++ virtual calls were and how one cannot afford to use them, while coding an application where Clipper would still be fast enough for the job.