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From the article: > Such a language needed to be widely popular, among the top half a dozen in language popularity surveys. It really helps to have a C-based syntax, since most programmers would recognize the basic code structure You can argue others, but at least this will help you understand why he chose it over many other languages that aren't centered on classes.