Yes. C++ is one of the few (maybe the only) languages that gives you enough high-level features to be productive, but doesn't do so at the expensive of ruthles

Yes. C++ is one of the few (maybe the only) languages that gives you enough high-level features to be productive, but doesn't do so at the expensive of ruthless runtime efficiency. If you need to squeeze every ounce of juice out of a machine, but still require the ability to create good abstractions, C++ is for you.