Not to mention: - lightweight ABI, accessible from just about any other language on the planet. - huge existing base of liberally-licensed code available for

Not to mention: - lightweight ABI, accessible from just about any other language on the planet. - huge existing base of liberally-licensed code available for re-use - basically the only language that is not a) legacy-stamped or b) bloated beyond learnability after more than two decades of use (or, in C's case, twice that.) I seldom use C myself, but its strong points are undersold by the "garbage collection is to slooooow" kiddies.