This is exactly what I think of when I read this kind of unilateral negativity about C. I love writing programs in C. I don't need to learn any new semantics ever. Even the integer types, as parent was complaining about, have been largely cleaned up(I use (u)int(32,64)_t and (s)size_t and everything just works.

The problem space is well understood, the tools are widely-deployed and reliable, the performance is excellent. I just don't see how people can be so negative about something which has been so immensely useful without getting in the way.