[uranusjr]

I think parent knows. A more accurate description would be everyone of the intended audience was writing assembly. Yes there are other languages of higher levels, but C was not invented to help their users. And since they are also not really what Rust targets either, IMO it’s reasonable to shorten it to drop the qualifier in this context.

[pjmlp]

C was invented in the context of porting UNIX, while the world outside Bell Labs used something else, that is all there is to it.