I'm in the same boat as you. I've been working through Learn C The Hard Way [1] as a way to learn some of these concepts. I've been finding it incredibly valuab

I'm in the same boat as you. I've been working through Learn C The Hard Way [1] as a way to learn some of these concepts. I've been finding it incredibly valuable/rewarding. That said, even the author of LCTHW (Zed Shaw) recommends writing in languages other than C. He specifically mentions Go, Swift, and Rust. Check out his rant on K&R C at the end of LCTHW for his thoughts on your question: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/krcritique.html http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/krcritique.html [1]: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/