> Most C programmers use C because they are forced to use it, by technical limitations like lack of compiler access or human limitations like lack of funding, c

> Most C programmers use C because they are forced to use it, by technical limitations like lack of compiler access or human limitations like lack of funding, curiosity or motivation. Or other ecosystem effects; if I want to work on existing kernel code for pretty much any FOSS unix-family OS, C isn't possible to avoid, and AIUI even for all-new code it's still really spotty (like, you can write Linux drivers in Rust now, but only certain kinds of drivers).