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Nice summary of the state of systems programming in this InfoWorld piece, Hail the return of native code and the resurgence of C++:

"Last week, the latest version of the ISO C++ Standard was approved by unanimous vote. It's the first major revision of the language in 13 years. Now officially known as C++11, the new standard introduces features designed to make it easier to develop software for modern parallel processing architectures, including lambda expressions and new data types for concurrent computing.

"Not that C++ really ever went away. With its older cousin C, it remains one of the most popular languages for systems programming and for applications that call for performance-intensive native code, such as 3D game engines."

It's nice to see the importance of native code being recognized; not everyone can afford the performance tradeoffs associated with interpreted languages. Continue reading the article here.