I think you’re missing my point. There is a non-linear relationship between the ubiquitousness of a language and its quality. That is to say, more quality does

I think you’re missing my point. There is a non-linear relationship between the ubiquitousness of a language and its quality. That is to say, more quality does not always result in more ubiquitousness. That does not mean progress is not possible, just that it’s not necessarily viral. If the zig and rust creators understand that then they should stop measuring their success as a percentage of the size of their user base to the size of C’s user base because their goals are arguably counter to having a user base as large as C’s.