we use C/C++ for everything. This includes things like command-line tools and documentation generators which would be tempting to write in a scripting language, such as Ruby or Python.
Ahh, great. Move along...
Ahh, great. Move along...
While there are exceptions, their reasons are questionable at best. It seems more like a declaration of a cultish C culture. Which, in context, is probably attractive to some of the people they're looking for, but hideously backward by general standards. Use the right tool for the job.