[umanwizard]

Speed isn't the only reason to use C. I often use C not because it's fast, but because C is by far the simplest mainstream programming language. All these UB warts notwithstanding, no language's interface comes as close as C's to a basic, no-frills register machine.

[red75prime]

You don't need speed, but you want to write in a language, which is closest to assembly? Hmm. Interesting view on what is simple.

[umanwizard]

Maybe we mean different things by the word "simple". What language do you think is simpler than C?

[adrianN]

Scheme, ML, Java, Lua...

[umanwizard]

Yeah, we must have different definitions of simplicity, as I expected.

Just off the top of my head, Java has the following complexities that C lacks: exceptions, garbage collection, class inheritance, generics, and a very large standard library.

What definition of simplicity are you using when you say Java is simpler than C?