[x0re4x]

I would interpret the silence of C people as "Thanks, but no, thanks." The success of C for such long time without having fat pointers, exceptions, RAII, etc... is probably an indication they weren't needed that much.

(Jonathan Blow: Ideas about a new programming language for games.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&list=PLmV5I2fxai...

[pjmlp]

C´s success is just like PHP and JavaScript successes.

When a language owns the platform its quality comes second.

[inlined]

Languages are maintained by people. When people have a monopoly quality comes second.

[pjmlp]

Whose interests are to push certain platforms.