> C was supported before GCC project also but it was not of any use because it wasn't widely used. I’m pretty sure you’ve got your history backwards. GCC was c

> C was supported before GCC project also but it was not of any use because it wasn't widely used. I’m pretty sure you’ve got your history backwards. GCC was created specifically to fill the need for a free C compiler for GNU. By that time C was already popular by association with Unix.