But he didn't write it. He started writing it in bash, and then (because he is Linus Torvalds), some very talented linux hackers jumped in to to help him. Just

But he didn't write it. He started writing it in bash, and then (because he is Linus Torvalds), some very talented linux hackers jumped in to to help him. Just like with the kernel really. It was a tool written by extremely competent linux hackers for linux hackers, and that's why it is so successful.