So we know there are other ways, we used systems with zero lines of C into them.
The prom queen came naked offering herself to everyone and the party was done for the other folks.
If you are old enough to remember those days, then you remember COBOL, Algol, Fortran, Pascal, BASIC, Ada, Oberon, Lisp/Scheme, Forth, O’Caml etc. They’re all great languages, some still have their uses. There’s a reason all of the major operating systems have cores written in C/C++. It’s entirely because they’re pragmatic and “work”, and not some conspiracy.
Edit: although now that I write it, what if C/C++ was planted on earth by an alien intelligence in order to slow down the development of the human race.
Thankfully governments have finally start paying attention regarding software liability.
And we'll see a great slowdown in the software industry.
The industry has miseducated them, and now it is finally happening, software products aren't a special snowflake.
Digital stores with returns, consulting contracts with warranty clauses with fixes at the expense of provider, and naturally cyber security bills.
Move fast and break things only works due to lack of liability.
Government regulations practically place an infinity price on selected characteristics. The result is less entrants in the market, less competition and naturally worse results across all parameters.
Occasionally the market isn't able to reach the optimal goal without some extra help.