&gt; &quot;What real advantage does the switch to C++ from C have for you?&quot;. You can find vast amounts of information on the web to answer that question :)<p>As well as vast numbers of religious flamewars.  I&#x27;m personally of the camp that (C || Fortran || &quot;C with classes&quot;) + (Java || C# || Python || ${HIGHER_LEVEL_LANGUAGE}) is better for nearly any complex, performance-sensitive task.