Yes, it is available everywhere. And it is easier to copy unix code then. Remember that it is still not easy to come to freepascal. You have to configure a debian testing system and apt-get lazarus and so on... Nearly nowhere the lazarus package is preinstalled.
Yes, these are the reasons for having C in the first place. But it is not because of the beauty (stict logic) and the features of the language. Just the opposite: C is popular *even though* it is an awful concept.
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