[dlisboa]

> C is great when you need to do manual memory management.

Is it still, today? There are other manual memory languages today with better safety records and ergonomics. Plus a host of new and better features.

I think C is really great if you need C. For libraries, for knowledge, for size, for compatibility, for "simplicity", for fun, for whatever.

But other than having a strong reason to want C, on a purely language feature comparison, it's not great.

[loup-vaillant]

Compatibility is a big one. Probably the biggest reason to chose C over Zig or Rust today. But that can be remedied if the new language has a C compilation target.

[gwbas1c]

Rust is memory safe, but not "manual memory management." IE, the vast, vast majority of Rust doesn't use pointers.