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[Joeman]

I disagree. A high level language should make it easier to write code since it abstracts away hardware dependency which abstracts away concepts related to hardware. For example, who aligns machine code to cache lines? It also offers a better logical understanding than low level languages( assembly ). The .net languages are much easier compared to writing in assembly and a lot easier to debug. I view c++ as a middle level language even though that isn't really true since it is a high level language, but c++ isn't as safe as other higher level languages( garbage collection, removal of pointers ) nor does it have a default application framework.

Beginners can mess up in high level languages, but not so badly compared to a low level approach where you begin with almost nothing to help you and your tools aren't bundled up so nicely

Also there are some high level assembly languages, but I wouldn't really call them high level compared to c#.

The only bloat I am afraid of is where it stalls my computer for no good reason. It does seem if computers get faster, programs get slower every time. Consider how fast vb6 starts up and how much memory is used compared to vs2010. Even though I have a fairly good computer, I like to keep bottlenecks down. There are exceptions like firefox which is deadly with memory, but I couldn't live without it.

Sorry for aiding in being off topic