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C won befoee package managers and Linux distributions existed.
by xyproto 9y ago
C won befoee package managers and Linux distributions existed.
- icebraining 9y agoBecause it was the language of UNIX distributions (not called that, but it's the same concept).
- sitkack 9y agoThey went hand in hand. I know lots of people that installed Linux in the 90s so they could use GCC.
- pasquinelli 9y agowell, unix was written in it, making it a natural choice if you're writing unix programs, or if you are writing programs on a unix.
- brett40324 9y agoAnd symbiotically, C was written to write unix. edit: to note that by 'written' i mean designed and initially implemented.
- vesak 9y agoIf any of its competitors had had package managers as good as some of the modern ones, C would have lost.