Not everyone uses C willingly.

"COBOL is one of the most used languages in the world, and the number of lines of code is surpassed perhaps only by a handful of languages. That alone tells me any generalisation you make about COBOL programmers is most probably erroneous."

One a name and one phrase changed but it's still technically true. Clearly something wrong with your argument unless you think COBOL is also superior to other languages due to uptake.

Comment you're replying to didn't say anything about C being superior or not.

It implied it had good design or worth vs other languages due to massive uptake vs other languages.

My reading of the OP was just that there are tons and tons of C programmers, who almost certainly use C for many different reasons, and it's hard to believe any sweeping generalisation of such a large diverse group.... and therefore it's difficult to believe that none of the large and diverse number of C programmers trust anything after K&R.

Yes, that was what I meant to say. Nowhere, of course, did I say anything about C being good or not.

In that case, I take it back.