When the need for an object oriented language was found, why wasn't C updated rather than creating a whole new language(s)

Question

why C++ and java and similarly C#. wasn't C simpler and more powerful?

Answer 1

c is updated with c11. It has different ideology than cpp and changing the ideology is not an update, it's whole language mutation.

Answer 2

Hi everyone,
I respect all the answers, but,
I also want to know, why aren't C++ and C# not considered as powerful as C?

Answer 3

its may be because c also made on procedure concepts thus updating c is also a big task than creating a whole new language that is made on oop concepts.