That leads you to wonder: if a programmer desired to switch from C/C++ to another language but hasn't by now, why not? Another reason to use C for your project

That leads you to wonder: if a programmer desired to switch from C/C++ to another language but hasn't by now, why not? Another reason to use C for your project is the ubiquity of C compilers and C bindings to other languages. Software like Lua and SQLite wouldn't be as widely-used if they were written in another language.