The True-gnu Philosophy Is More Extreme Than

At Least For The People Who Send Me Mail About A New Language That They're Designing, The General Advice Is: Do It To Learn About How To Write A Compiler

For Infrastructure Technology, C Will Be Hard To Displace.

C Is Declining Somewhat In Usage Compared To C++, And Maybe Java, But Perhaps Even More Compared To Higher-level Scripting Languages. It's Still Fairly Strong For The Basic System-type Things.

Obviously, The Person Who Had Most Influence On My Career Was Ken Thompson.

C Is Quirky, Flawed, And An Enormous Success.