maybe the vast majority of use cases for applications do not require the lower levels of abstractions provided by C. Meaning, whatever overhead associated with

maybe the vast majority of use cases for applications do not require the lower levels of abstractions provided by C. Meaning, whatever overhead associated with higher level languages, they are entirely within the realm of acceptability, for the vast majority of use cases. I also think, as you go lower in the levels of abstraction, each implementation of a solution with that language becomes less applicable to other use cases, so there is a more robust barrier between each instance in the community.