Tell me about it. C is great for clearly defined system level programs (I do a lot of layer 2 and 3 networking stuff at work), but take the same language in an

Tell me about it. C is great for clearly defined system level programs (I do a lot of layer 2 and 3 networking stuff at work), but take the same language in an environment where the customer doesn't really know what he wants and the guy before you decided that everything should be done as if you're to be the next MegaCorp and you need a lot of fifos, schedulers, DSLs and other fancy stuff everywhere to be as efficient and scalable as possible... C is great, but it does make foot amputation rather easy for some people.