I kind of disagree.<p>Turbo Pascal and Apple Pascal ruled back then, at least in Europe. On Apple&#x27;s case it was even the main OS language.<p>However with UNIX being adopted at work and universities, many wanted to be able to transport their work between home and work&#x2F;uni. So people started to slowly adopt C.<p>I followed the same pattern with C++. Eventually Turbo Pascal wasn&#x27;t no longer an option, so started using Turbo C++, C was just too primitive and unsafe already back then, vs TP.<p>At least C++ had some of the safety features I was used from TP, as long as one stayed away from C style coding.