[tomsmeding]

The thing with C is that there are plenty people that can code C and know what they're doing, but there are many more that either do not know what they are doing, or don't but think they do (which is even more dangerous). My experience mirrors yours, but I do believe these good C programmers exist.

[kqr]

I'm slowly starting to believe that every single C programmer falls into the "either do not know what they are doing, or don't but think they do" category.

I have yet to see a single, non-trivial C program that does not have many dangerous bugs related to language unsafety.

If these mythical good C programmers exist, they certainly have never released any of their source code.

[pjmlp]

It is like the driver paradox, when asked everyone asserts they are the best drivers in the world only the others are not.