>C isn't a programming language anymore It's a perfectly fine programming language. Some of us like working with sharp tools (and sub 1 second compile times fo

>C isn't a programming language anymore It's a perfectly fine programming language. Some of us like working with sharp tools (and sub 1 second compile times for 100kloc programs, and close enough to optimal performance, and actually knowing what's really going on). I do sympathise about the API abstractions; some of them have definitely not weathered well. As for ABI's, I've been constantly amazed how well they've been preserved (kernel folks will understand, e.g. 32-bit userspace with 64-bit kernels just works). What will the API/ABI's look like 40 years down the road? (will any modern language endure like C?).