The problem is that alternatives to C can be built, it's a matter that its usage will become so widespread that it will be viewed and used as a replacement. Lo

The problem is that alternatives to C can be built, it's a matter that its usage will become so widespread that it will be viewed and used as a replacement. Lots of people keep viewing C as just another language, versus it being a quasi protocol that other languages communicate through and defacto standard. Zig is still in beta and has to reach 1.0, to even realistically enter such discussions (like you can with Rust), and it appears to be years away from achieving even that. C is at the top of the ladder, and Zig is around the bottom, trying to climb up. Zig is not even on many language rankings or at the bottom of them. It's not even anywhere near the top on just GitHub rankings, even when adjusted for year creation date. The odds of making it to the top 5 languages used and widespread acceptance are very slim, no matter how much forced hype, zealotry, or evangelism.