I think this post sums it up pretty nicely: http://www.gamearchitect.net/Articles/WhyC++.html http://www.gamearchitect.net/Articles/WhyC++.html Personally I th

I think this post sums it up pretty nicely: http://www.gamearchitect.net/Articles/WhyC++.html http://www.gamearchitect.net/Articles/WhyC++.html Personally I think the advantages boil down to syntax and type-safety. For example, vector math is much more succinct and can be made type-safe. Constructors/destructors also can be handy for enforcing resource allocation.