The problem is that unless enough people make a conscious decision otherwise the 30-40 years of C libraries/collected-knowledge means it's always "what's approp

The problem is that unless enough people make a conscious decision otherwise the 30-40 years of C libraries/collected-knowledge means it's always "what's appropriate" even in cases where no: fortran, ada, pascal... forth/lisp/whatever-you-have-that-can-talk-to-metal would actually be more (or as) appropriate.