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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
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In article <mailman.16.1095009448.390.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>, Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> writes:
> 
>>>K&R C can be criticized on many grounds, but "useful" is not
>>>a valid one, IMO.  The original C was one of the most "useful"
>>>languages we've seen.  Witness its rapid spread through
>>>academia,
>> 
>> That was because of the low cost of the Unix/C combination to academia.
> 
> FWIW, I believe the main factor of C success was (is) the simplicity of 
> its semantics.

It is certainly no simpler than Bliss, but much more popular.