After I got past the horrible misspellings and atrocious grammar, I could appreciate what the author is saying. The author is privileged to be able to concentr

After I got past the horrible misspellings and atrocious grammar, I could appreciate what the author is saying. The author is privileged to be able to concentrate on and enjoy a particular language. That is great, for him. Most of the rest of us have to learn and use a wide swath of languages, features, and technologies to stay a leg up in this world. We seldom have the choice to pick what we work on. Sure, we can change jobs, but inevitably it requires conforming to someone else’s opinion. The author makes me want to go back and pick C up again. But like so many times in the past, I will probably find it needlessly painful and go right back to the more modern languages which already solved so much for me. I don’t mind standing on the shoulders of past C developers. I, for one, also do not mind learning the details of any particular modern language because, if anything, it makes me more marketable.