This association is a lot stronger than any of the others that you listed. C & Unix were created in tandem and were designed for each other in very many ways. For the first 10 years of C's life it was rarely used outside of Unix. But for the next 20 years or so it became the dominant language for pretty much any large project. It's only been the last 10 years or so where C has lost its domination.
Association with a very popular project has its downsides, but the upsides are much stronger, in my opinion. For instance, would Ruby be as widely known, deployed and used for non-Rails projects if it wasn't for Rails? It probably would just be another "niche" language rarely used outside of Japan. OTOH gem probably wouldn't be as badly broken as it is.
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This association is a lot stronger than any of the others that you listed. C & Unix were created in tandem and were designed for each other in very many ways. For the first 10 years of C's life it was rarely used outside of Unix. But for the next 20 years or so it became the dominant language for pretty much any large project. It's only been the last 10 years or so where C has lost its domination.Association with a very popular project has its downsides, but the upsides are much stronger, in my opinion. For instance, would Ruby be as widely known, deployed and used for non-Rails projects if it wasn't for Rails? It probably would just be another "niche" language rarely used outside of Japan. OTOH gem probably wouldn't be as badly broken as it is.