One thing the internet as still not learned is how not to needlessly flame. A lot of the comments here are dissing the problems of C (fine) but are completely m

One thing the internet as still not learned is how not to needlessly flame. A lot of the comments here are dissing the problems of C (fine) but are completely missing the author's main point. For heaven's sake, it's even a lower bar this time, the title says it all and people are cursing about C. Their main point is simply: >Especially with Go and Rust go viral right now, C seems already forgotten by people. Nevertheless, IMHO, C is still a thing which is worth for you spending some time on it. I happen to agree, especially if you have time to learn Go or Rust but don't use it for anything[0], you have time to learn modern C. They didn't make this point (they seem more on the side of you should in general) but if you don't have the time, I'd think anyone could make a decision of what's worth their time or not. As an aside, this bit is partly true but partly isn't: >Last but not least, because C is so “low-level”, you can leverage it to write highly performant code to squeeze out CPU when performance is critical in some scenarios. The reality is C has been around a long time and compilers are written to make fast code from C programs. See this, "C Is Not a Low-level Language; Your computer is not a fast PDP-11."[1] [0] Point about Go or Rust is if you do intend to use it for something, then that isn't learning for edifications' sake. Ditto C. If you refuse to learn C but it's relevant to your job/work then that's simply neglect of your duties. [1] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479 https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479