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.