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.