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• _wmd 12y ago
  If you count C in the same breath, then between them, they make up the implementation language for probably 99% of other languages, and the operating systems those languages run on. For anything safety critical, C in particular still has a vice-like stranglehold in many industries (e.g. automobile)
  • rurounijones 12y ago
    > For anything safety critical, C in particular still has a vice-like stranglehold in many industries (e.g. automobile) Which is kind of ironic, given its well known foot-shooting abilities.
    • slavik81 12y ago
      That's partly why the use it: the problems with C are well understood by many people. They choose the devil they know.
• FooBarWidget 12y ago
  Big PC games are almost always written in C++. The Phusion Passenger application server is in C++. Node.js is in C++.
• 72deluxe 12y ago
  The wonderful language itself, with broad scope for expressing ideas in a terse if not cryptic way. It's great.