I've rewritten Python programs in C++ and got close to the same line count, yet hugely better resource usage. You can't do that with C. With C++ you often don

I've rewritten Python programs in C++ and got close to the same line count, yet hugely better resource usage. You can't do that with C. With C++ you often don't need to reach for a heavy and slow language. You'll do just as well for maybe a 2X development speed penalty.