This article:

  https://medium.com/bradfield-cs/the-cost-of-forsaking-c-113986438784#.8jj8j6ooj

  I  haven't  even  finished  reading  it,  yet.  I just came across one
  sentence: The author says, one good reason to learn C  is  because  it
  helps you think like a computer.

  Exactly. That's why I like C. And that's why I, too, think that people
  should have a good understandig of C. After  all,  you  *are*  working
  with  a  computer,  even  if some languages want to make you feel that
  you're not. If things go wrong -- and they do --, I very often find it
  useful to have a better understanding of the computer's internals.

  Many people don't agree, though.

  Okay, finished reading. Yup. My thoughts exactly.


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  And another very interesting article:

  http://nullprogram.com/blog/2016/10/07/

  Small-size optimization in C.


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  I miss the Usenet.