How Relevant is C in 2014?

Nerval's Lobster writes: Many programming languages have come and gone since Dennis Ritchie devised C in 1972, and yet C has not only survived three major revisions, but continues to thrive. But aside from this incredible legacy, what keeps C atop the Tiobe Index? The number of jobs available for C programmers is not huge, and many of those also include C++ and Objective-C. On Reddit, the C community, while one of the ten most popular programming communities, is half the size of the C++ group. In a new column, David Bolton argues that C remains extremely relevant due to a number of factors including newer C compiler support, the Internet ("basically driven by C applications"), an immense amount of active software written in C that's still used, and its ease in learning. "Knowing C provides a handy insight into higher-level languages — C++, Objective-C, Perl, Python, Java, PHP, C#, D and Go all have block syntax that's derived from C." Do you agree?

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Si.

[Anonymous Coward]

Si.

Relevant C

[smittyoneeach]

Relevant C
2B || !2B
Either learn what you're doing
Or stick to the Wii
Burma Shave

Re:Relevant C

[BarbaraHudson]

To "C" or not to "C", that is the question.
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of java coders,
Or to take arms against a sea of perl,
And by opposing end them? To die(): To sleep()
No more; and by die() to say we exit(),
The heart-ache of the thousand malloc()s
That c code is heir to, ’tis a consummation (of ram)
Devoutly to be wish’d to die() when we forget to free(),
To sleep(): perchance to dream(): ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep() of die() what random() instructions may come
When we have shuffled off other's poor performance,
Must give us pause: there’s the respect That makes durability of so long C;
Burma Shave
For who would bear the whips and scorns of n00bs,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s memory managed tools,

Re:First post

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

We're talking about C. You want the zeroeth post.

Re:C is very relevant in 2014,

[juanfgs]

. As a long time C hack (still am) I concur.

Behold. A C program that has gained sentience.

Re:First post

[Letophoro]

We're talking about C. You want the zeroeth post.

You have to remember, there are two kinds of people in the world:
1) Those who begin their indexes at 1.
-and-
1) Those who begin their indexes at 0.