17 Apr
2017
17 Apr
'17
1:33 p.m.
On 04/17/2017 01:23 PM, Guy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
I think timing had a lot to do with C's success.
It's a decent language and at the time powerful and flexible compared
to other languages. Universities picked up UNIX and C and taught a
lot of students. The went forth taking their skills with them.
C is pretty much mandatory if you wanted to use Unix. And Unix was one
of the very few "portable" operating systems. So, initially, you saw C
only in Unix shops.
--Chuck