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C and C++ are still the Go-to languages for new projects in Smart and Autonomous Cars, Space exploration, robotics and even completely new projects and tech are being written in C++. C is flexible as it gives more control for programmers by allowing them to manipulate bits, bytes, and addresses, and this helps the program to behave exactly how the program would want it to behave. C has a great history where it was created, influenced, and field-tested by working programmers in all areas.