[flyingfences]

I have to disagree emphatically that C is outmoded. It may lack some of the polish and novelty of Rust et al, but it's still a fine language. More importantly, it's an industry standard, has been for ages, and will be for ages. So many of the resource and reference material out there (not just for low level / systems programming but especially for it) presumes a working knowledge of C that a person would do himself a disservice by not picking up the language.