There is more than just that advantage. By compiling to C you can easily take advantage of C++/Objective C features and allow easy wrapping of libraries written

There is more than just that advantage. By compiling to C you can easily take advantage of C++/Objective C features and allow easy wrapping of libraries written in those languages. FWIW I never had any issues debugging Nim (a language that compiles to C or C++ or Obj C)