You would be right if OS kernels were not written in C. Linux is pretty much deployed on a lot of hardware, it is still maintained, and it uses C. Granted it

You would be right if OS kernels were not written in C. Linux is pretty much deployed on a lot of hardware, it is still maintained, and it uses C. Granted it is not the best language, but it's simple enough to do kernel development. The same goes for cobol, it's the best paying language out there.