[mamcx]

Even then, you have better options (main one: pascal).

P.D: My main gripe is not about why C was made how is made. Is that it STAY like that until now. It must have been deprecating dangerous stuff long ago...

[jacquesm]

I've used both. C over Pascal any day, warts included.

[deterministic]

Nope Pascal was never a real competitor to C. I have programmed serious software using both languages and I would never pick Pascal over C.

[peterashford]

Disagree. Pascal was no more safe than C