Tone is a tough thing to get right, and I'd say your initial post came off pretty condescending to a lot of people, regardless of whether you meant it or not. I

Tone is a tough thing to get right, and I'd say your initial post came off pretty condescending to a lot of people, regardless of whether you meant it or not. It's not even a C thing either, I've seen the same thing where someone declares functional programming as the only "serious programming" and category theory is easy, so everyone else is wasting time with imperative languages. So, it's a bit off-putting.