>>51723380
I write firmware and driver support (Windows and Linux) for a living. C is lingua franca in this area, and that's not going to change any time soon in near future.

>>51723380
>Let's just run everything on a VM or in an interpreter! That'll make things safer!
they tried that with Java, look how it turned out

>>51723380
If you do open source contributions, there are several desktop utilities reliant on it.

>>51723380
Try doing embedded development and running a train/car/plane in Java or Python with the same safety standards...
Yeah no.

>>51723380
what about the zombie deathworms? the can burrow straight through those flimsy steel walls.

>>51723380
Programmers use a plethora of language for different purposes, see >>51723921 and >>51723412
No actual programmer give a fuck about language worship because they're just tools.

Try to write a kernel with Java or Python.

Protip: you can't

>>51723380
>shipping your sewage against gravity to a sceptic tank several floors above you

>>51724200
That was the first thing I thought of as well.

>>51723380
Just wanna say that when the endless horde of zombies starts to fart into the ventilation vent you're finished.

>>51724200
>>51724498

I agree, the treatment should be on the same level or below, only excess should be pumped up. The only benefit I see is to flood the security levels to drown intruders

It still offers the best performance of any language really, due to being relatively low level.
The people who hate C are the ones that write shit C and hate that the language doesn't hold their hand at all.

>>51723380
You're still relying on the surface
dead/10

you need nuclear power with a way to generate your own oxygen

that's why we have c#/c++

>>51724071
Yes you can unfortunately, but if it's worth the brainfuck absolutely fucking not.
It actually was a fucking microkernel for booting into 32bit mode with very basic memory management written in assembly with a java interpreter on top for everything else.