But I'd like to see more awareness of what C++ really is, what it's strengths are, and what it's weaknesses are.
Then go get a C++ book.
Because not many people know enough alternatives to have a clue even about the language they do know.
The one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other. Maybe if you changed the expression a bit, it would make sense. Like "Because not many people know enough alternatives to have a clue about the superiority of those alternatives over their language in a certain section."
Let's just say that I think Delphi is entierly too low level as well.
As a matter of fact it would be as low level as C++. Umm, maybe a bit less. There are those nice TCPClient or IdTCPClient components that make socket handling, really easier.
C# would be a better choice in a number of ways
Okay now come the "religious" stuff:
1) I would NEVER use a M$ product. Only reason I boot Windows once in a while is because I haven't yet copied all my stuff in my Linux partition. So one reason I why I won't use C# is this.
2) I don't like rip-off languages. C# is a dumb C++ and Java rip-off that M$ made just to get more stuff in their rip-off collection.
3) And last but not least, I'd never use C# in a Linux enviroment. I have never programmed in C# (and I'm not planning to), and would never put such trash in my Linux partition.
EDIT: May I suppose you use Windows?
