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> It would still be good if it was written in a different language. But it wasn't, C made all these software tools possible.

• IshKebab 3y ago
  No it didn't. C happened to be the most popular language for a long time but that doesn't mean people couldn't have written software without it, or that if it hasn't been so popular a better language wouldn't have arisen. English is very popular but you wouldn't say "English is what made all those books possible" would you?
  • coliveira 3y ago
    Yes it did and continues making it possible. Several of the largest codebases in the world are written in C.
    • IshKebab 3y ago
      To reiterate, C didn't make it possible to write those codebases just because they happen to be written in C.
      • coliveira 3y ago
        Yes, it did. Just check how they created UNIX.