Both of the key arguments Linus provided are pretty much solved. No wonder as this article is nearly 10 years old.. Also, Linus is a low-level programmer, where

Both of the key arguments Linus provided are pretty much solved. No wonder as this article is nearly 10 years old.. Also, Linus is a low-level programmer, where there's still not many choices besides C yet and where fewer layers of abstraction is usually better.