@lanodan @kkarhan @radmin @SuperDicq @hj I wouldn't say it's a virus. The reason why it's used for everything is that it is highly flexible.

One of the reasons why it's used in critical embedded systems is that you can write mathematical proofs for the source code. Yes, that actually is a requirement in some industries (flight software, oil rig control software,...) and something more complicated like C++ can't do that, because the compilers for C++ are much more complicated.

I admit that this is a niche usecase though.