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I found the initial post and response on a github issue of all places.

https://github.com/shawnanastasio/BasilC/issues/9

> C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it. Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do nothing but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.

> In other words: the choice of C is the only sane choice. I know Miles Bader jokingly said "to piss you off", but it's actually true. I've come to the conclusion that any programmer that would prefer the project to be in C++ over C is likely a programmer that I really would prefer to piss off, so that he doesn't come and screw up any project I'm involved with.

Here's another article that's quoting from it as well.

https://fossbytes.com/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-c-program...

I don't doubt he's ranted about it in other places but the rant I remember is definitely the git one :)

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> even if the choice of C were to do nothing but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.

Thats funny as hell. I love Linus.