The funny thing is that most languages that people use that criticize 'C' are usually at the core levels written in C. There is probably a good case to be made

The funny thing is that most languages that people use that criticize 'C' are usually at the core levels written in C. There is probably a good case to be made for the claim that Unix would not exist if it weren't for the C language. Check out Oberon (both the language(s) and the operating system(s)) for a look at an alternate universe in which C doesn't exist and Unix never happened. And people are happy. And anything that can be done in C can be done. Although some mistakes are significantly more difficult to commit.