I will be honest: just because someone doesn't have data to back up what they say doesn't mean they believe the complete opposite "deep down." It probably just means they're lazy and wishful thinking. What are your qualifications as a psychiatrist anyway?
> C++ programs have the potential of running 5–10% faster than Pascal programs. However, in practice Pascal programs usually run faster. This is because human factor will inevitably involve in real world situations. Consider this experiment:
> Pick a simple task and have 2 different individuals work on this task separately. Limit their times to 10 minutes. One will code in Pascal, the other in C++.
> * Pascal programmer will implement the task in 1 minute. S/he will spend remaining 9 minutes to optimize the code.
> * C++ programmer will implement the task in 10 minutes. No time left for optimization, hence the program will run poorly.
I will be honest : if I only had this blog post as a source of information on Pascal and C++, I would almost certainly choose C++ because the lack of proper arguments certainly means that you are actually unable to put some figures forward and are just trying to bullshit your reader while deep down you know that your comparison does not hold.