how relevant is C today?

[Philippe Martin]

Hi,

It is very hard to avoid C in embedded/low-level/industrial programming.

Philippe



John Salerno wrote:

> Because of my 'novice-ness' in programming, I had always thought that C
> was replaced by C++ and wasn't really used anymore today. I know that's
> not the case at all now, but I'm still curious how much C is used
> anymore in programming today, and what purpose it serves. Is it used for
> actual application programming, or is its use more for something like
> extending Python? Would it help for a newbie to learn C for any reason?