&gt;<i>That&#x27;s different. It means C is the most popular language in system programming.</i><p>And the basis upon which computing sits upon.<p>Take away all C&#x2F;C++ code and we have nothing or almost nothing.<p>Take away all Lisp&#x2F;Scheme code and people will barely notice.<p>&gt;<i>Makes so much sense when I explain above that C&#x27;s prevalence is due to social and economic reasons given you argued it won a popularity contest.</i><p>If by economic you mean &quot;pragmatic&quot; and &quot;engineering considerations&quot;, then yes.