C/C++ are one of the few languages that can directly interact with the hardware. I suspect this is the reason why they want to change it out initially and start trying to ban it's use down the road. EDIT: Fortunately programmers and developers aren't listening to the morons that run this country. https://devclass.com/2024/08/02/little-sign-of-migration-from-c-or-c-to-rust-in-latest-dev-survey-but-postgresql-is-winning-against-mysql/