Everyone and their dog can compile C, and the initial purpose of this project was to get something working on Windows. As you say, this is a relatively uncompli

Everyone and their dog can compile C, and the initial purpose of this project was to get something working on Windows. As you say, this is a relatively uncomplicated program, and there's certainly no need for higher-level features. Is the only time you choose C when you need manual memory management? I suspect that had nothing to do with their decision.