Is C lang universal (2026)

is c cpp universal lang

lol. let me deconstruct the wishful thinking of the C fanatics.

C coders are dwindling from maybe 30% of professional coders in 1990, to today maybe 5%. because higher level langs takes over. this is tech progress, inevitably.

C got fucked in the ass by cpp, since 90s. basically, cpp ate more than half of C's lunch.

Csharp is eating the lunch of the c virus cpp.

C also got fucked by java since 1995. billions of projects. and, lol and behold, iphone and android, all java.

C fans think that C will never die. but actually dying fast in past decade by rust and golang. Microsoft declared rust replacing all c cpp in Windows. Linux is trying.

C fans thinks its “bare metal”. Bare metal died with PDP in 80s. you cant control cache. you feel it by experience and lore. you created Spectre and Meltdown guessing fucks.

which brings us to, C is a symbiotic parasite with intel's x86 baggage from 90s. gpu, ai chip, apple chips, cell phone chips, are all chipping it away.

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