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As always, the TIOBE Index is of dubious value. The fact that it ranks Delphi above both Go and Rust should give you an idea of why.

Yeah it's rather odd, also jumps like this in ADA makes you wonder

Ada is being discussed a lot on HN as some sort of 'lost utopia', and AFAIK Tiobe doesn't count actual usage but (more or less) mentions.

C is hardly any path forward

It's not much different from any other high level programming language. Just a different set of compromises to accept.

Yes why would anyone choose to make a fool of themselves when they could choose to build instead?

p.s. in case you don't want to follow the link, number 2 on the list