Productivity loss with C++ is over-rated. The Pro C++ game programmers (esp Renderer and Physics programmers) are as productive. For example, Forth is more pro

Productivity loss with C++ is over-rated. The Pro C++ game programmers (esp Renderer and Physics programmers) are as productive. For example, Forth is more productive than say, perl to me; But perl is more productive for sys admins. To top it off, many indie games are written in C++, 0ad is a good example.