Yes. Keep in mind the vast majority of people on HN only work on end-user software (native and web apps). Yes, there are much better choices for the web when yo

Yes. Keep in mind the vast majority of people on HN only work on end-user software (native and web apps). Yes, there are much better choices for the web when you need security, etc. In certain enterprise applications C are still the best choice. In finance, where I work, C and C++ still reign supreme. Why? There's already a huge multitude of great libraries developed over decades that are mature and battle-tested. Sure, you can write bindings for Rust/Go/D/whatever. But that's a ton of work for minimal benefit. Fact is, when you get on a plane the avionics software was likely written in C. NASA extensively uses C. The automotive industry extensively uses C. Oh, and a lot of this C is embedded so forget easy software updates. I think a lot of the hate for C comes from the fact that it lets you do bad things without alerting you. C is a language that mandates solid engineering practices. A good C codebase can be elegant, correct, and fully testable. The language doesn't force this, however. But a nice, well written C library will stand the test of time.