[Posibyte]

The author takes this into consideration:

  * yes, I know ‘low-level’ is a subjective term 

I used to work in the embedded world, and there C has historically been considered a "high-level" language for many platforms. However, we have started to see languages like C# and Python make their way into the world of tiny micros thanks to more power coming to the platforms themselves and the clever work being done by MicroPython and Microsoft.

[htfy96]

The problem is that most legacy code (especially firmwares) is C and will never have a chance to be rewritten in another language. If you get a chance into VLSI field you will be amazed that they are still relying on Tcl to do complicated stuffs. Only part of the world's software (most in IT companies) can afford rewriting in a new language regardless of costs/upstreams.