Take a look at Herb Sutter's talk at Microsoft's GoingNative2012 conference: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/C-11-VC-11-and-Beyond

Take a look at Herb Sutter's talk at Microsoft's GoingNative2012 conference: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/C-11-VC-11-and-Beyond http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012... I really don't see where someone would pick C over C++ when starting a new project if not either due to 1) lack of (good enough) C++ implementation or 2) lack of confidence in using C++(this is personally a problem for me, as I've been programming in C much more than C++ and still feel unfamiliar with lots of things, the least not being the object oriented paradigm). Of course personal taste may differ, and this is understandable; I'd prefer more compact language but right now the domain I work in has no alternatives.