The stability and ubiquity of C are probably it's biggest upside characteristics and, as you say, there is a lot to like there. But you have to admit the langua

The stability and ubiquity of C are probably it's biggest upside characteristics and, as you say, there is a lot to like there. But you have to admit the language is showing it's age and has some huge flaws. To call manual memory management a foot-gun would be a ridiculous understatement. Once you've used a language with modules and namespaces, going back to C is so painful. The C standard library is super minimal and has lots of... lets call them... quirks. Basically lots of things that are easy and safe in any of the languages you mentioned are difficult and dangerous in C.