1. C is heavily used in areas where it might not necessarily be the right tool for the job (for various reasons), the areas where you really need to fiddle arou

1. C is heavily used in areas where it might not necessarily be the right tool for the job (for various reasons), the areas where you really need to fiddle around with low level stuff and safeguards turned off are comparatively small. 2. C might be fine for doing that but that does not mean there can't be anything better.