[StephenFalken]

That made me remember part of an interview done to Dennis Ritchie back in 2000:

  When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, 
  I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed 
  under the advice of a worldwide crowd. C is peculiar in a lot 
  of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a 
  certain unity of approach that stems from development in a 
  small group.