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There were plenty of such languages, the only thing going for C was UNIX, just like the browser for JavaScript.

I know were you are comming from, but it was very much not the only thing. The elegant model of C pointers to model memory and CPUs are definitely good aspects of C as well as its speed, transparency and overall simplicitity.

Trying to claim that Dennis Richie's design is just bad as you constantly do in any thread mentioning C is just completely missing the point and couldn't be more wrong. One thing is pointing out problems of C and another very different is saying that the only thing going for C is UNIX.

If UNIX had won by being a successful commercial product instead of winning for being free beer, I might agree, but usually people don't look into the mounth of horses given as presents.

Ah, yes.

I assumed that C and Unix had "won" vor many decades already.

Yes, free beer usually "wins" the party.

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