Wolfram has said fellow student Rob Pike (who went on to co create go etc) convinced him to use C though i've never seen the reasons enumerated. So while he cer

Wolfram has said fellow student Rob Pike (who went on to co create go etc) convinced him to use C though i've never seen the reasons enumerated. So while he certainly comes off as arrogant and certainly reinvented a lot of stuff it isn't like he didn't listen to anyone...