Of course you don't care that much about which language to choose when you just want to do a simple if statement. However when you want to do more complex stuff

Of course you don't care that much about which language to choose when you just want to do a simple if statement. However when you want to do more complex stuff, like answering a request on port 80 and compile a document that you send back over port 80, making sure to encrypt it properly so that no third party will get a hold of it, then it would be beneficial with some sort of programming language. The question should really be, why does the IT department care if he uses C or Basic? And more over, why did he try to make it in C in the first place if he knows the IT department prefer Basic? This is a case of unprofessional behaviour by the author, not whether or not you need a language to express an if statement. At that point he could just as well have written this is x86. Who needs maintainability anyway?