>for example it's true you can write a C-style for loop in C#, but you almost never should, C# has a (not great, but it's something) for-each loop that's idioma

>for example it's true you can write a C-style for loop in C#, but you almost never should, C# has a (not great, but it's something) for-each loop that's idiomatic. This makes the learning curve way easier. You can start meaningfully using C# while using C-style for loops, and eventually switch to 'foreach' once you realize it's better. If I wanted to give Zig a try today by using it for some small low-priority task, I would keep stumbling on these minor syntax differences all the time, and would eventually give up and do it in C/C++ because the overhead outweighs my curiosity. Most pragmatists don't have infinite time to learn a new programming language for fun. They have a very limited amount of attention and tight time constraints, and will move to the next pragmatic solution if it starts looking like the current one is not cutting it.