I asked this question for two reasons: 1) I had already started learning C. It is low-level, and I was getting disinterested. I wanted to know if it'd really b

I asked this question for two reasons: 1) I had already started learning C. It is low-level, and I was getting disinterested. I wanted to know if it'd really be worth the work to learn it. (The answer is absolutely.) 2) So that other people, when wondering if they should learn C, would have a great list of hacker recommendations. (That has happened.)