From An Operating System Research Point Of

When I Read Commentary About Suggestions For Where C Should Go, I Often Think Back And Give Thanks That It Wasn't Developed Under The Advice Of A Worldwide Crowd.

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

Steve Jobs Has Said That Xwindows Is Brain-damamged And Will Disappear In Two Years. He Got It Half-right.

The Kind Of Programming That C Provides Will Probably Remain Similar Absolutely Or Slowly Decline In Usage, But Relatively, Javascript Or Its Variants, Or Xml, Will Continue To Become More Central.

Some Consider Unix To Be The Second Most Important Invention To Come Out Of At&t Bell Labs After The Transistor.