True enough, but nobody ports Python as a first systems language to a new platform. C is ubiquitous because it tends to be the first or second language on a new

True enough, but nobody ports Python as a first systems language to a new platform. C is ubiquitous because it tends to be the first or second language on a newly designed system after the assembler. Every once in a while Forth comes before C, but that’s pretty rare. C won by being powerful but tiny, and making it easier to make a compliant compiler.