Nobody is "forsaking" C. As mentioned in the article it is still a good way to learn about computers and it's the true "lingua franca" of our times - that said

Nobody is "forsaking" C. As mentioned in the article it is still a good way to learn about computers and it's the true "lingua franca" of our times - that said it needs to be put to rest for infrastructure software now. I for one welcome our new Rust writing overlords.