alt Hacker News> Of course, I’m pretty sure Go is much better than C at some problems. But there’s no way in hell it supersedes it.
C is great when you need to do manual memory management. Most software written today doesn't need to do manual memory management. (And frankly, for the typical software project, manual memory management is a liability.)
> C is great when you need to do manual memory management.
Is it still, today? There are other manual memory languages today with better safety records and ergonomics. Plus a host of new and better features.
I think C is really great if you need C. For libraries, for knowledge, for size, for compatibility, for "simplicity", for fun, for whatever.
But other than having a strong reason to want C, on a purely language feature comparison, it's not great.