I felt this comment was incongruous, like it was a response to a question no one asked. I wanted to understand this better. I didn't interpret it as provocation

I felt this comment was incongruous, like it was a response to a question no one asked. I wanted to understand this better. I didn't interpret it as provocation. You seem to be reading a criticism of the C ecosystem into my question, as if everyone should drop C and learn Rust, but that is not what I meant nor what I believe.