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
