Learning to program in C taught me to appreciate how amazingly powerful modern computers are, even off-the-shelf commodity hardware. It helped me realise that i

Learning to program in C taught me to appreciate how amazingly powerful modern computers are, even off-the-shelf commodity hardware. It helped me realise that if I code something and it isn't blindingly fast, I'm probably doing something wrong. And how many people who can't even be bothered to learn C will dive even deeper into assembly? And yes, I would think anyone who books flights/drives/drinks water for a living would be well served by learning something of the tools of their trade.