nobody wrote:
Linus Torvalds shows his opinion about why he chooses C here:http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&id=110618&threadid=110549&roomid=2He wants a language that context-free, simple, down to the metal. He dislikes C++ b/c it has many abstraction.
This is another interesting point of view by Linus: http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&id=110699&threadid=110549&roomid=2
