Ask yourself if his criteria applies to you: > Reliability While C is indeed a winner for obscure platforms, many language gets you perfectly covered for a "c

Ask yourself if his criteria applies to you: > Reliability While C is indeed a winner for obscure platforms, many language gets you perfectly covered for a "cross-platform" game. > Performance You can get equally good performance in Rust and C++. > Simplicity As he says, simplicity does not mean easy nor intuitive. Then it is a matter of opinion why simplicity should be a good thing. Personally, I prefer a complex but easier to use language than a simple but difficult to use language.