Someone getting very #mad about the C #language , but not really understanding why it really became #popular https://faultlore.com/blah/c-isnt-a-lang.. For example, #cpp exists, and yet for kernel stuff, we still use C, despite C++ being fully capable of doing everything C can in a similar #syntax . C is used because it does not need to rely on anything existing, it's compatible nowhere, but also runs everywhere.