Ken Thompson and the estate of Dennis Ritchie's copyright claim for the C programming language syntax goes through. It is sold to a copyright troll company that

Ken Thompson and the estate of Dennis Ritchie's copyright claim for the C programming language syntax goes through. It is sold to a copyright troll company that starts demanding licenses from all users. On a more serious note, a new programming language would really be the next step. If tradition holds, it might turn out to be really hard to use though.