"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses" is his other famous quote. I agree with you that (b) isn't that

"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses" is his other famous quote. I agree with you that (b) isn't that persuasive. C++ is one of those languages where the organisation using it kind of has to enforce their own subset for things to stay sane.