Unix came from AT&T, who then their people created C (primarily to be used with Unix) and then C++. All other languages didn't really have a chance. The only

Unix came from AT&T, who then their people created C (primarily to be used with Unix) and then C++. All other languages didn't really have a chance. The only other language that could of had a chance of derailing the use of C on Unix and related was Pascal, because it was quite popular in many universities at the time and of similar capability. Consequently, people working for AT&T or connected to C development, viscously attacked Pascal in various papers and there was a lot of bad mouthing in the American media to help make sure it would not become such a threat. With AT&T so strongly pushing C and Unix, they got the result that they wanted. Niklaus Wirth, the creator of Pascal, didn't defend his creation because he was preoccupied with Modula-2 and later Oberon. Even so, he was just a university professor, and any defense that he might have tried would have likely failed anyway in the face of AT&T money and connections.