[dschiptsov]

K&R taught fundamentals and a good style. It is timeless classic, because the principles doesn't change within successions of mass hysteria.

Plan9 dialect of C is another example. There is portable mk package, with includes core libs (libbio, libutf, etc. which also served as core libs for earlier versions of Golang) to appreciate what C supposed to be.

I would paraphrase - attention seeking by attacking classics is a poor style.

[regularfry]

Part of his point is that K&R isn't good style. It's a clear, consistent, and well-demonstrated style, which made it popular, but that doesn't make it good.