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Re:Why learn C? by fraughtwith on Thursday June 28, 2012 @08:00AM (#4171235)
There's so much C code in so many critical environments that this language is going to be around for much longer than anyone would like...

It'll be the Latin of computing. There will be some poor soul studying and using C in a thousand years.

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Re:Why learn C? by unimpressive on Thursday June 28, 2012 @08:26AM (#4171321)
> There will be some poor soul studying and using C in a thousand years.

I would hope that by that time there will be powerful algorithms you can use to transcompile old C code into $LANGUAGE code.

EDIT: Well actually I would hope by that time strong A.I has been invented and asking flesh and blood humans to write code will elicit some really strange looks.

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Re:Why learn C? by powerslave12r on Thursday June 28, 2012 @11:02PM (#4175030)
That made me sadder than it should have.
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