I'm sure, if C was not dominant, the iPhone could have been written say in Pascal. There is nothing specific in C that makes it a requirement for the iPhone. Th

I'm sure, if C was not dominant, the iPhone could have been written say in Pascal. There is nothing specific in C that makes it a requirement for the iPhone. The same goes for operating systems. Regarding the imprint: No user will see an imprint of C in his iPhone, and the applications could be written in Pascal to the same iPhone APIs. (not to dimish Ritchie work which I really like)