Deconstructing K&R C Is Dead (2015)
This is obviously a bitter rant, and devolves into uncomfortably ageist territory about halfway through.<p>I do agree that we should be moving away from C and C++, though. It&#x27;s pretty simple, really: C was a pretty good language in 1978. We didn&#x27;t know a lot of things in 1978 that we do now in 2016. It now makes sense to revisit those decisions in light of nearly 40 years of practice. The so-called &quot;PL Renaissance&quot; has given us a whole host of new languages which have steadily chipped away at the dominance of C and C++, and I think this is a healthy trend that ought to continue.