C Is Quirky, Flawed, And An Enormous

C++ And Java, Say, Are Presumably Growing Faster Than Plain C, But I Bet C Will Still Be Around.

I'm Not A Person Who Particularly Had Heros When Growing Up.

For Books, I Don't Read Much Fiction, But Like Travel Essays And Good Pop-science.

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.

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